Nursing homework help

The purpose of this paper is to define, describe, and explain your own 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 three pages in length. The article 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:

1.  Introduction & brief description identifies the purpose of the paper and the factors influencing the development of the personal nursing philosophy. 4 points

2.  Define, describe and explain your personal thoughts, feelings, and beliefs about the concepts of the 4 nursing metaparadigms: 8 points

a.  Person/client

b.  Environment

c.  Health

d.  Nursing

3.  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

4.  Organization, documentation, references followed APA format. 5 points

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Fifty-four–year-old Fred is complaining of a headache that started about 2 weeks ago. For the past 2 days, the headache has increased in severity, and he is photophobic and has uncial rigidity and projectile vomiting. CT scan results show an arteriovenous malformation in the basal artery and a small hemorrhagic bleed in the middle meningeal artery.

a.            How is the concept “disorders of brain function” related to Fred’s presenting symptoms?

b.            What aspects of cerebral circulation would come into play in Fred’s case?