Philosophy of nursing

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Assignment: A nursing philosophy is a statement of your fundamental, foundational, and universal assumptions, beliefs, and principles about the nature of nursing.  Write a formal paper about your own personal philosophy of nursing and compare your definitions with a selected nursing theory.  You will want to draw from previous academic and work experiences, morals, values, beliefs, as well as new information presented in this course.  The paper should be 4-5 pages for the body of the paper plus a title page and a reference page. Please follow the outline below.  Introduction: Set the stage to make the paper appealing and intriguing. Definition of Human Being:  This is your definition of what a “human being” is and how the “human being” is composed.  Compare your definition to one theorist’s definition and give examples. Definition of Environment:  This is your definition of what is meant by “environment”, both internal/external, in terms of the human being.  Compare your definition to one theorist’s definition and give examples. Definition of Health:  This is your definition of what is meant by “health” in terms of the “human being”.  Remember, this is not asking for the definition of “healthy”, but what is “health”, “good health”, “poor health”, and where does “death” or “absence of health” fit in the schema.  Compare your definition to one theorist’s definition and give examples. Definition of Nursing:  This is your definition of “nursing”.  This should be a broad, but thorough definition, not specific only to your practice area.  Think about comprehensive, solid, evidenced-based, patient-centered care.  Compare your definition to one theorist’s definition and give examples. State the relationship of each of the four concepts comprising the nursing metaparadigm (human being, environment, health, and nursing) to each other and how one affects the other.  Please feel free to add a section to this paper on caring, as it has recently been added to this metaparadigm. Caring is a common element in many philosophies.   Conclusion:  Summarize the salient information from all the concepts above. You will need at least 3 scholarly sources referenced for this paper.  Please keep in mind that the main focus should be building and developing your own personal philosophy.  The bulk of the paper should be your own words and original thoughts.  Your support pieces (reference use) should be less than 20% of the final paper, preferably less than 15%.  Let your own philosophy shine!!  Your paper will be automatically submitted to the SafeAssign software when you turn it in, with the goal of less than 20% unoriginal content showing on your report.   This is software that detects potential plagiarism or citation errors so please be sure to utilize your resources to get help on APA if needed prior to submission.  This paper must be prepared only by you as an individual performance assessment.  Viewing a version of this paper online or from other students is prohibited.   Please view the grading rubric for this paper within the assignment link or in the syllabus. Submit your document (in .doc, . docx, or . pdf format only please) using the assignment link above and then attaching your file by using the “browse my computer” option.