Registered Nursing
Topic 5 Assignment: Worldview and Nursing Process
Personal Statement
Grand Canyon University (GCU)
Description:
Being able to articulate your personal worldview can help you formulate a personal
philosophy of practice and enhance your influence on patients and the industry. In
this assignment, you will have an opportunity to reflect on your current and future
practice, and the ways worldview and nursing theory influence that practice.
Draft a 1,000-1,250 word paper in which you:
1) Describe your personal worldview, including the religious, spiritual, and
cultural elements that you think most influence your personal philosophy of
practice and attitude towards patient care.
2) Choose a specific nursing theory that is most in line with your personal
philosophy of practice and approach to patient care and discuss the
similarities. Explain how the nursing theory reinforces your approach to
care.
3) Include in your explanation a specific example of a past or current practice
and how your worldview and the nursing theory could assist you in
resolving this issue.
4) Finally, explain how your worldview and the nursing theory will assist you
in further developing your future practice.
You are required to cite five to 10 sources to complete this assignment. Sources
must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment
criteria and nursing content.
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