Discuss Legacy of Nursing’s History
Discuss Legacy of Nursing’s History
Module 01 Written Assignment – Legacy of Nursing’s History
Select a nurse that historically contributed to the advancement of the profession. Write a 2-3 page paper that responds to the following questions. Identify the nurse and his/her background and complete the following:
Provide a brief description of the major social issues occurring at the time this nurse lived
Describe two contributions made to nursing
Discuss how these two unique contributions influenced nursing as we know it today
Minimum length 2-3 pages not including cover or referencing. APA formatting with referencing and in text citation.
You may use your textbook, readings and the following for background information.
ANA Hall of Fame
American Association for the History of Nursing
Museum of Nursing History – Slide Show Gallery
Strout, K. (2012). Wellness promotion and the Institute of Medicine’s future of nursing report: Are nurses ready? Holistic Nursing Practice 26(3), 129-136.
This assignments must have accurate spelling and grammar and use APA Editorial Format for sources and reference.
Submit your completed assignment by following the directions linked below. Please check the Course Calendar for specific due dates.
Module 02 Project Assignment – Getting Started
Part 1 – Getting Started
Balancing School and Life – My Quality of Life Self-Care Plan. The purpose of developing this Plan is to set a framework and a plan to maintain wellness and to stay motivated and engaged throughout your Program. Doing this will help you achieve success during your coursework and as a professional nurse.
The goal of the Project is to help you become self-aware and reflective as a means of identifying personal self-care strategies that will increase your energy and help you manage your stress. The Project will give you a chance to learn how this is accomplished as you will be doing similar work with clients during the Program and as a professional nurse to assist them in the same way.
Use the Quality of Life Self-Care Wheel to assess your current state. After you determine your scores, in a 2-3 page paper complete the following:
Discuss those areas that are strengths (higher scores) and those areas that need further development (lower scores).
Identify two strategies you can use to maintain or maximize each identified strength.
Identify two strategies you can use to strengthen each area needing development. Explain how you will put these strategies into action. Be specific. For example, instead of stating, “I need to exercise,” your action should state “I will begin to walk 20 minutes a day, 3 days a week.” The action should be SMART- Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timeframe
Also attach your completed form
Minimum length 2-3 pages not including cover or referencing. APA formattingSubmit your completed assignment by following the directions linked below. Please check the Course Calendar for specific due dates.
Quality of Life Self Care Wheel – Assessment
Passion
Health
Career/School
Rest/
Recreation
Personal
Environment
Development/
Relationships
Finances
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Instructions: Review each Dimension. Think about how each one relates to you. Then select a number from 10 High to 1 Low which best reflects your level of realizing the Dimension.
DIMENSION
Quality of Life Scale – Please Circle
10 = High to 1 = Low
Health
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Rest/ Recreation
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Personal
Development/Relationships
10
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Finances
10
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Environment
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Career/School
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Passion
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What Does Your Score Mean:
10-9:Fantastic Balance/Wellness
8-7:Good Job
6:
Doing Okay
5 and Below:Needs Adjustment
Quality of Life Self Care Wheel
Source: Napoli, M., & Roe, S. (2011). Life by personal design: Limitless horizons. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt.
Dimensions – Some Examples
Health: Healthful eating, exercising, maintaining an appropriate weight, regular physical exams, and using effective stress reduction strategies.
Rest/Recreation: Adequate sleep and rest periods, interspersing work with play, pursuing hobbies, realizing happiness, and having fun.
Personal Development/Relationships: Fulfilling and rewarding relationships with others in your life, needed emotional support systems, developing personal goals such as improving listening, and having meaning and purpose through a desired spiritual life.
Finances: Sufficient resources to support self and those responsible for, aligning needed resources with daily requirements, and adequate discretionary income to purchase wanted items.
Environment: Awareness and being respectful of the environment in which you live in and those around you, having sensitivity to the impact you have on the environment, being chemical/pollutant free, recycling, and using natural products.
Career/School: Regularly improving your knowledge and skill base, setting professional goals and achieving them, having a satisfying and meaningful profession/occupation, being content with your work life, and pursuing work life balance.
Passion: Understanding, defining, and living your life based on your inner feelings, desires, and dreams.
Module 04 Written Assignment – Developing a Philosophy of Nursing
In one page, describe your philosophy of nursing.
The definition of a philosophy is having a personal and specific outlook and approach you can use to make decisions and take action. Your philosophy of nursing should include your beliefs and attitudes about nursing, being a nurse, your approach to caring for others. It can also include your attitudes about working in healthcare facilities, working as part of a team, or even how you feel about people in general.
Save a copy of your philosophy as you will want to refer to it during your Program.
Submit your completed assignment by following the directions linked below. Please check the Course Calendar for specific due dates
Module 05 Project Assignment – How Am I Doing?
Part 2: How Am I Doing?
Balancing School and Life – My Quality of Life Self-Care Plan. The purpose of developing this Plan is to set a framework and a plan to maintain wellness and to stay motivated and engaged throughout your Program. Doing this will help you achieve success during your coursework and as a professional nurse.
The goal of the Project is to help you become self-aware and reflective as a means of identifying personal self-care strategies that will increase your energy and help you manage your stress. The Project will give you a chance to learn how this is accomplished as you will be doing similar work with clients during the Program and as a professional nurse to assist them in the same way.
Share in a 2 – 3 page paper, the following:
Re-look at your Quality of Life Self-Care Wheel scores. Have they changed? If so, in what ways.
Think about your current levels of tension and stress. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the highest level, what is your score? Now think about the strategies you identified. Describe how well you have put them into action. If you have not been able to implement them, identify why and what you can do to overcome this.
Identify any new strategies that you think will “fit” better and describe why.
Minimum length 2-3 pages not including cover or referencing. APA formatting
Submit your completed assignment by following the directions linked below. Please check the Course Calendar for specific due dates.
