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A nurse’s personal professional philosophy is a statement of core values, ethical principles, and ways of knowing that guide a person’s practice and underpin their commitment to the profession. It is a living work, containing current convictions that should be continuously revised and developed as a person critically reflects in and on their nursing practice.
In this assessment, you will present a series of reflections on how your own understanding of what it means to be a nurse has been impacted by what you have learnt in this unit. You will write a statement that captures your emerging personal professional philosophy of nursing and consider the role this statement will play in guiding your first year of learning and practice as a student nurse.
Please follow the steps below to complete your assessment task: Task 1: (1000-1100 words or equivalent) 60 marks You can be as imaginative as you wish in your presentation of Task One. You can use any kind of media (including a mix of media), to communicate your reflective responses to each question in this task. Whichever way you choose to present your experiences, perspectives, and interpretations, you must ensure that all elements of the marking rubric are met. Work submitted must be your own work and use of generative artificial intelligence is not permitted. Demonstrate your reflection and consideration of the following questions. a) How has one historical nursing theory influenced your understanding of what it means to be a nurse? (15 marks) b) How has a contemporary event involving a nurse or nurses, influenced your understanding of the status and/or image of nursing as a profession? (15 marks) c) What core values do you hold that will shape the nursing care you give? (15 marks) d) How do these core values align with the four bioethical principles? (15 marks) This task is a reflection, so some of the work will be your own ideas and other discussion points will refer to information sources from scholarly literature. You are required to acknowledge the source of any ideas or information that is not your own with valid and reliable references. You must use your own words. Task 2 (200 words) 15 marks. Develop a written statement that communicates your current nursing philosophy using your reflections in Task 1. Work submitted must be your own work and use of generative artificial intelligence is not permitted. Task 3 (200 words) 15 marks. Once you have developed your first nursing philosophy statement, you are now required to reflect on the following question and discuss in writing: a) How do you think your philosophical statement will guide your practice when you are on your first clinical placement as a student nurse and providing care for older age consumers? Marking Criteria Refer to the marking rubric on the Moodle site for more detail on how marks will be assigned. Literature and references In this assessment use at least seven contemporary (<5 years) valid and relevant peer reviewed references to support your discussion. You may also use seminal scholarly literature where relevant. Suitable references include peer-reviewed journal articles as well as textbooks and credible websites. When sourcing information, consider the 5 elements of a quality reference: currency, authority, relevance, objectivity, and coverage. Grey literature sourced from the internet must be from reputable websites such as government, university, or peak national bodies: for example, the Australian College of Nursing. Requirements  Use a conventional and legible size 12 font, such as Times New Roman, with 2.0 line spacing and 2.54cm page margins (standard pre-set margin in Microsoft Word).  Include page numbers on the top right side of each page in a header.  You may write in the first-person perspective (I, my) for reflective writing tasks.  Use formal academic language.  An introduction, conclusion, or table of contents is not required for this assignment.  Use the seventh edition American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style. The CQUniversity Academic Learning Centre has an online CQU APA Referencing Style Guide.  Ensure all works referenced have been paraphrased appropriately prior to use in your submission to align with academic integrity expectations.  The word count is calculated from the first word addressing task one to the last word of task three. The word count excludes the reference list but includes intext references and direct quotations. Resources  You can use unit provided materials and other credible sources (e.g. journal articles, books) to reference your argument. The quality and credibility of your sources are important.  We recommend that you access your discipline specific library guide: the Nursing and Midwifery Guide; Social Work and Community Services Guide.  We recommend you use EndNote to manage your citations and reference list. More information on how to use EndNote is available at the CQUniversity Library website.  For information on academic communication please go to the Academic Learning Centre Moodle site. The Academic Communication section has many helpful resources including information for students with English as a second language.  Ensure all works referenced have been paraphrased appropriately prior to use in your submission to align with academic integrity expectations. Learning Outcomes Assessed  Analyse historical and contemporary factors that continue to influence the image, status, and nature of nursing practice.  Assess the four major bioethical principles and how they are applied in health care.