Consider how your current philosophy fits and/or does not fit with a body of selected theoretical work: Demonstrate how you might use the selected theoretical work in practice as part of meeting professional standards and requirements.

This written assignment is worth 35 marks, which is 35% of the overall course grade, and must be completed individually.

1. One purpose of writing this paper is for you to solidify your understanding of the nursing metaparadigm and to revisit/update your personal philosophy in light of what you have learned so far in this course and across the program.
2. Another purpose is for you to consider how your current philosophy fits and/or does not fit with a body of selected theoretical work: theories developed by Newman, Boykin and Schoenhofer, or Benner only. Note that you cannot choose a theoretical body of work that was/is the subject of your presentation, e.g., if you present on theory of nursing as caring (Boykin and Schoenhofer) then you must use only health as expanding consciousness (Newman) or novice to expert (Benner) in this paper.

You are only starting to try out a theoretical approach and it will take time to understand what is comfortable for you and how you want to be a nurse. In the second stage of this course in your next term you will further develop your understanding of nursing theories and their application to practice.

3. The next purpose is to allow you to demonstrate how you might use the selected theoretical work in practice as part of meeting professional standards and requirements. Therefore, you will need to demonstrate links between practice using the selected theoretical work and the CNO ethics (CNO, 2019g) and entry-to practice (CNO, 2019b) documents from the required course reading materials.

4. The final purpose is to continue your development in using correct APA writing style. You will write in full sentences and paragraphs throughout the paper. APA format, e.g., margins, font, and referencing, is expected, and a cover page is required. Please see the documents on Class folder about the paper, as well as the materials in the APA folder, to help you be successful in this paper. Refer back to the APA information provided for the first paper and make sure to incorporate the feedback you received on your first paper to help you earn your best grade possible for this paper.