NR 501: Nursing Theory and Professionalism

NR 501: Nursing Theory and Professionalism

NR 501: Nursing Theory and Professionalism

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to a) identify a nursing theory, b) analyze the importance of the selected theory to the nursing profession, c) summarize key concepts and relationships among the concepts of the selected nursing theory, d) present views of the selected theory on areas of specialization, and e) communicate ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner.

Due Date: Week 2

Requirements

Description of the Assignment

This assignment focuses on the importance of nursing theory within the profession. Selecting one nursing theory (non-nursing theories are not allowed), the nursing theory will be presented by identifying the key concepts present within the theory. The selected nursing theory will then be applied to ONE of the following professional nursing practice areas:

Education (e.g. undergraduate, staff development, etc.)
Leadership (e.g. nurse executive, manager, leader, etc.)
Informatics (e.g. data management, etc.)
Healthcare policy (e.g. application to local, state, national, or global healthcare concerns, etc.)
Nurse practitioner

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Criteria                                                                                                                                         Actual/Possible points

Organization:

Introduction (2.5 points each):                                                                                                            5          /5

__x Cited Attention Getter               __ Not cited Attention Getter

_x_ Clear Thesis statement              __ No or Unclear thesis statement

Body(5 points each):                                                                                                                         6        /10

__x Clear topic sentence                  __ Unclear topic sentences

__ Effective transitions                    x__ No transitions

Conclusion (2.5 points each):                                                                                                             5             /5

x__ Paraphrases Central Idea           __ Exact C.I. restatement or nothing

x__ Explicitly ties back to A.G.       __ no tie back

Analysis (10 points each):                                                                                                                             20        /40

__x  ‘ism’ thoroughly described      __ unclear/ perfunctory description

_ Rhetorical appeals  Analyzed                      x_ unclear analysis

__ Target Audience analyzed                        x__ No/inaccurate  audience analysis

_x_ Critical cultural elements                        __ No analysis of critical cultural elements

 

Writing:                                                                                                                                                                10        /10

_x_ Grammar/ spelling Correct       __ Grammatical/ spelling errors

Within constraints:

1,000-1,500 words/ word count included after the works cited/references                                                        15     /15

Cites following APA (references) or MLA (works cited)                                                                15         /15

***PAPERS UNDER 1000 WORDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED