Praxis Paper

Framework for Praxis Paper Guidelines…

i need each number to be addressed separately, as each number has its own marks.

This paper will provide each student an opportunity to develop an individual framework of praxis. The paper is the synthesis of what has been learned this semester. When you write your paper, follow the grading guidelines. Each student is to submit a paper (no group work). The paper should be carefully written in a formal style, adhere to the most recent APA guidelines, be based on primary sources, provide an integration of ideas, and be 6-7 pages in length, not including the USA approved title page and reference list.
Criteria
Points
1. Introduction paragraph. There must be a thesis statement that tells reader purpose of paper and what will be discussed.
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2. Provide an overview of praxis and discuss the benefit of a Framework of Praxis to the Discipline of Nursing and/or the Development of Nursing Knowledge.
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3. Include an overview of the advanced practice nursing role that you will be practicing. In this overview, discuss the historical development of your specific role and how you see the future impact of the role on healthcare.
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4. Ideological influences (Choose a philosophical basis for your practice. Discuss key elements and detail their contribution to your framework).
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5. Theoretical influences (Identify and discuss the nursing or other theory used to support your framework. Why chosen? How does the choice benefit your practice?)
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6. Ethical influences (Choose an ethics theory basis for your practice. Discuss the key elements and detail their contribution to your framework.
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6. Utilization of your Framework of Praxis (Provide an example of your framework in practice. Critical elements of the framework should be easily identifiable to the reader).
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7. Conclusions: summarize the essential points of paper.
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Total
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Unit VII Framework for Praxis
Keynote

What a journey you have made over the semester! As you have explored different underpinnings of nursing – from conceptual to theoretical, from philosophy to knowledge development – the idea of praxis has hopefully not been far from your thought organization. From the beginning of this semester, we explored the notion of “Framework for Praxis”.

As you can see from the readings, practice and praxis are different. Praxis is what you “think, feel, and do” (head, heart, and hands). Your praxis is larger than just what you can do with your hands. As you will read, there are numerous ways and methods to develop a Framework for Praxis.

The content covered this semester has covered different aspects of the components necessary to develop a Framework for Praxis. We believe you now have a good foundation to explore your own framework.

This keynote will differ slightly from the previous content provided in the course. There are a series of articles/book chapters that will help address the notion of praxis. You will need to read each of the articles with special attention given to the “praxis” sections of the articles. It is not necessary for you to master the content of the article that does not pertain to the praxis content. For instance, one of the articles addresses Participatory Research in Nursing. We don’t expect you to master the content related to participatory research as a process. Look instead at what is being said about praxis.

Another note about the readings…they are not inclusive of all the materials available. We have tried to select articles that look at theory and praxis, philosophy and praxis, research paradigms and praxis, and clinical practice and praxis. Look at the reference lists of the articles to determine if there are additional resources that you would like (or need to) explore to write your Framework for Praxis paper.

The paper assignment requires that you reflect on the discipline of nursing, philosophical underpinnings, theoretical underpinnings, practice underpinning (specifically, the history of your advanced practice role), and place it all in context to your practice/population focus.

Know that you might not “get” the literature the first time through. Know that you might need to read – spend time in reflection – ask questions – explore the article again, or seek a different article or literature for more of an explanation. Know that you will be expanding your capacity to think and make connections. Know that you are capable of doing this!