Reflective Paper
As a Nurse Practitioner, one can be exposed to a variety of healthcare challenges. Additionally, time for reflection and synthesis of education and attitude can help one to frame events of life and work. A biblical worldview can guide an individual in these thought processes as well as provide “peace that surpasses all understanding.” With this in mind, you will write a Reflection Paper. This paper is designed to help you purposely think and reflect on topics that will become a part of your life as a Christian FNP. After the paper is due, we will spend time discussing these topics. The paper is to be APA formatted with the body of the paper being 3–5 pages in length (not including the cover page and references).
This is an example of a good research paper.
Scenario for Reflective Paper: As a FNP, you are planning for an office visit with an established patient who has been diagnosed with an aggressive terminal illness. The patient is experiencing a rapid decline. You anticipate that death could happen as soon as a couple of weeks and need to have an end of life discussion. The patient is from another country and culture. You have asked for the patient to bring a family member and have already discussed the progression of the disease as well as physical symptom management. Spiritual and cultural considerations are a priority for the visit. Please select a faith and/or culture that you would like to explore in your response to the scenario (the faith and culture that you will be exploring is Muslim) Review the rubric below for specifics on how to address this scenario in the paper.
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How You’ll Be Graded
This activity is worth 10% of the course grade. See the rubric for specifics.
Reflective Paper Grading Criteria
| Criteria | Points/Percent |
| Review of a cultural/spirituality resource | |
| Identify and describe one resource you could use from lay literature (i.e. article, website, downloadable app) | 10 |
| Identify and describe one resource you could use from professional literature (i.e. article, website, downloadable app | 10 |
| Identify key points in the discussion | |
| Clearly state at least 3 points to review in the discussion related to culture/spirituality | 15 |
| Supports each strategy with evidence from literature/resource | 15 |
| Reflection | |
| Describe a biblical worldview of death and your thoughts about this worldview | 15 |
| Use at least 2 Scripture references for support | 10 |
| Written References | |
| Strength of references | 5 |
| APA format | 5 |
| Presentation | |
| Professionalism | 5 |
| Organization/paper length | 10 |
| Total | 100 |
Also, see why it is important to write research papers.