Describe and explain your thoughts, beliefs, and feelings about the four concepts of the nursing metaparadigm and their interrelationship to one another as they guide your current practice as a nurse.

Personal phylosophy paper

Personal Philosophy Paper Outline and :

The purpose of this paper is to define, describe, and explain your thoughts, beliefs, and feelings about the four concepts of the nursing metaparadigm and their interrelationship to one another as they guide your current practice as a nurse. These are your philosophical beliefs, so there are no right or wrong answers. If your current philosophy includes any particular nursing or other theories, identify these. This paper should be no more than 5 pages not including the title page or references.

Criteria Points

Introduction – Identify the purpose of the paper 5

Description of factors influencing the development of the personal nursing philosophy 5

Definition, description, and explanation of personal thoughts, feelings, and beliefs about the concepts of the nursing metaparadigm:

1. Person/Client

2. Environment

3. Health

4. Nursing

5. Summarized interrelationship of the concepts 25

Identification and brief description of the nursing theory (theories) found to be the most compatible with the student’s personal philosophy 25

Explanation, with documentation, that demonstrated compatibility of personal philosophy with the nursing theory (theories) identified previously according to:

1. Person/Client

2. Environment

3. Health

4. Nursing

5. Summarized interrelationship of concepts 25

Summary and conclusion 5

Organization, documentation, references, APA formatting 10

Total Points 100

5 (5.00%)

Identify the purpose of the paper

5 (5.00%)

Description of factors influencing the development of the personal nursing philosophy

25 (25.00%)

Definition, description, and explanation of personal thoughts, feelings, and beliefs about the concepts of the nursing metaparadigm: 1. Person/Client 2. Environment 3. Health 4. Nursing 5. Summarized interrelationship of the concepts

25 (25.00%)

Identification and brief description of the nursing theory (theories) found to be the most compatible with the student’s personal philosophy

25 (25.00%)

Explanation, with documentation, that demonstrated compatibility of personal philosophy with the nursing theory (theories) identified previously according to: 1. Person/Client 2. Environment 3. Health 4. Nursing 5. Summarized interrelationship of concepts

5 (5.00%)

Summary and Conclusion

10 (10.00%)

Organization, documentation, references, APA formatting

Describe the nursing theorist, major concepts, definitions, assumptions and propositions found in the theory. Incorporates how the theory fits the project purpose.

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Use nursing theorist Ken WIlber’s Integral Model

Provide an introduction (begins with: The purpose of this paper is to_____, and then outlines the main points of the paper) and conclusion

Describes the nursing theorist, major concepts, definitions, assumptions and propositions found in the theory. Incorporates how the theory fits the project purpose. Uses a primary source (theorist’s own writing).

Primary: original, first-hand; the author of the source generated the research data they are using.

Secondary Research: This is when an author of the source you are using gathers existing data, usually produced by someone else, and they then report, analyze, or interpret that other person’s data

All metaparadigm concepts (person, health, environment and nursing) are defined according to the theorist and student develops their own definition (operational) for concepts

Use subheadings

APA format should be used including a title page, and references. A running head is not needed