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1. Criteria for Personal Philosophy of Nursing Reflection
Criteria for Personal Philosophy of Nursing ReflectionCriteria for Personal Philosophy of
Nursing ReflectionThe purpose of this paper is to define, describe and explain your personal
beliefs about the four concepts of the nursing metaparadigm and their inter-relationship to
one another as they guide your current nursing practice. There are no right or wrong
thoughts, feelings or beliefs; these represent your own philosophical beliefs. Then you must
correlate or link your current philosophy to one particular nursing theory, identify these.
The reflection paper is to write in MS Word, be typed according to APA format and must be
3 pages in length. The paper should include a title page and reference page, however, these
pages are not to be included in the final count. Evaluation criteria are as follows:Criteria for
Personal Philosophy of Nursing Reflection Paper:– Introduction & brief description
identifies the purpose of the paper and the factors influencing the development of the
personal nursing philosophy. 4 points– Define, describe and explain your personal thoughts,
feelings, and beliefs about the concepts of the 4 nursing metaparadigms: 8 points–
Person/client– Environment– Health– Nursing– Identification and a brief description of the
nursing theory found to be the most compatible with the student’s personal nursing
philosophy. Discuss the core components of the theory and how it reflects the student’s
personal philosophies. 3 points– Organization, documentation, references followed APA
format. 5 pointsORDER NOW FOR ORIGINAL, PLAGIARISM-FREE PAPERSYou must
proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and
grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect
your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical
mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before
handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend
proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to
uncorrected mistakes.Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface.
Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to
read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to
compress it into fewer pages.Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-
spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between
letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are
unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.The paper must be neatly
formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each

2. page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If
it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.