Caring Concept Assignment

This assignment is worth 10% of your overall grade.Based on selected form of artistic expression, this assignment may require you to submit two different files, one for the artistic expression and a paper. Please submit both files at the same time.

Requirements for Caring Concept Assignment

Criteria for Content

Take a moment to reflect on how you demonstrate caring in your current professional practice.

1. Create an artistic representation of your perception on caring in nursing. The artistic expression can be a drawing, sculpture, collage, poem, short story, or dance.
   1. Videos are to be 1 to 3 minutes in length.
   2. Poems and short stories should not exceed one-page, double-spaced wording.
   3. Drawings, pictures, or collages should be formatted on an 8 x 10 document.
   4. Sculptures submitted as a jpg.
2. In a one- to two-page written paper, address the following.
   1. The importance of caring to nursing practice and the profession
   2. A personal definition of caring; include principles of holistic care
   3. Definitions of caring found in nursing literature that support your perspective on caring
   4. An explanation of the artistic expression you chose and how it represents caring
   5. Summary of key concept presented in the paper

Assignment Details

For this Assignment, you are going to write a paper explaining how you developed your theory through the four stages (theorizing, syntax, theory testing, and evaluation). Your paper must be 3 to 5 pages, not including the title and reference pages.

To view the Grading Rubric for this Assignment, please visit the Grading Rubrics section of the Course Resources.

Assignment Requirements

Before finalizing your work, you should:

• Minimum requirement of at least 5 sources of support
• be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above);
• consult the Grading Rubric (under the Course Resources) to make sure you have included everything necessary; and
• utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.