So, this is a paper that is due on Tuesday for our fundamentals course. It's not meant to be a "why I want to be a nurse" type of paper. It is supposed to state your beliefs about nursing. Like..."I believe an important role in nursing is advocacy for your clients.", or "I believe a client's internal environment can play a role in illness as much as their external environment.". And typing that out is helpful, because I have 2 out of 10 personal statements knocked out of the way. I have to make sure to touch on the 4 parts of the Nursing Paradigm: Person, Health, Environment, and Nursing. And then make 2 pages out of it.
First off, I have just started nursing school. The only thing I know enough about to write a 2 page paper on without any references is why I wanted to go into nursing school. I don't know enough to have my own philosophy. I know this is an exercise that will really be meant for comparison when we are in our 4th semester, to show how our beliefs about nursing will have changed by that point. But it is still ridiculous to me.
Anyway, my insisting to get this done today, has led me to getting nothing done at all. I think I have been so stressed out over my test that I have been frozen. So part of me feels like I need to relax, and allow myself this free time I've had to just be completely and utterly lazy. But the other part is yelling that I could have gotten so much done!!
I am just still so happy I got a B on my test. I don't think I have been so happy for a B in my life!!
That paper actually sounds really interesting (well, obviously it's difficult and annoying to write, but I think it's a good exercise). Please post what you come up with!
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