Professional Awareness Research Project
This research project has two components: (1) selection of a famous nurse with major contributions to the nursing profession and (2) timeline indicative of the time allotted for completion of this project. The assignment is due on May 2nd,2020 Saturday. This assignment comprises 5% of your final grade for this course PN113L Professional Awareness.
You may choose from the list below or find a famous nurse more to your liking.
Helen Fairchild | Mabel Keaton Staupers | Christiane Reiman |
Elizabeth Grace Neill | Mary Jane Seacole | Mary Breckinridge |
Margaret Sanger | Isabella Baumfree | Sophie Mannerheim |
Mary Elizabeth Mahoney | Dorothea Dix | Mother Teresa |
Florence Nightingale | Hazel W. Johnson-Brown | Claire Bertschinger |
Susie King Taylor | Virginia Avenel Henderson | Edith Cavell |
Clara Barton | Lillian Wald | Sarah Emma Edmonds |
Mildred I. Clark | Ruby Bradley | Anna Caroline Maxwell |
Jane Delano | Louisa May Alcott | Diane Carlson Evans |
Anna Goodrich | M. Adelaide Nutting | Lenah S. Higbee |
Rubric
Component | Description | Points |
Your name, title of paper, body of paper is 150 – 350 words | Student’s name is evident.
Title is displayed. |
5 |
Identify nurse selected with rationale for choice | Famous nurse selected is identified within the paper. Students explains reason for selection. | 15 |
Contribution to the nursing profession | Discussion of selected nurse’s contribution to the nursing profession. Length of paper meets word count minimum of 150 words to maximum 350 words. | 50 |
Resources identified (Wikipedia is not a credible resource) | Resources of information retrieval are noted | 5 |
Timeline | Timeline for project completion included with the number of minutes per day | 25 |
Total | 100 |
SAMPLE
NAME, TITLE
Student Nurse
Florence Nightingale
SELECTION & RATIONALE
The famous nurse I selected is Florence Nightingale. The reason for my selection is because………..
CONTRIBUTION
Florence Nightingale was born in the year 1820 in Florence, Italy……….In 1910, Florence died in her sleep of heart failure at 90 years of age.
RESOURCES
https://www.florence_nightingale
Success in Practical/Vocational Nursing: From student to Leader 8th ed Knecht, Patricia
TIMELINE
Your timeline can be a blank weekly/monthly calendar with entries on the day for time dedicated to working on the project. You may also create your own timeline depicting the time spent on any given day working on the assignment.