- Introduction to the paper outlining the topic and content
- Identify the relevance of the clinical situation to be analyzed.
- Discuss the overall impact of the issue on the family
- Analyze the nursing literature addressing the specific issue faced by a family experiencing a complex health challenge from your current clinical placement.
- Insight into the issue is evident through thoughtful examination of concepts and synthesis of the literature
- Discuss the evidence based recommendations that will support the family experiencing the specific issue identified
- Discuss relevant gaps and implications for nursing practice (drawn from analysis of literature)
- Sound support for recommendations is evident
- Discuss how your analysis of the clinical situation will influence your future family nursing practice.
- Conclusion summarizing the main points of the paper
- Ideas are developed in a logical and organized manner
- Writing is clear and focused
- APA (5th ed.) format is followed
- paper does not exceed six pages
- Includes a minimum of five current (within past 5 years) scholarly references to support the discussion
- A minimum of three of the references should be from the nursing literature
- Hard copies of references are to be submitted with the essay.