The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student an opportunity to reflect on selected RN-BSN competencies acquired through the NUR 3178 course.

Course Outcomes

This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

• The students will identify and apply alternative therapies during the care of patients in the nursing practice.
• The students will be able to determine the impact of complementary and alternative therapies in nursing practice.

Points

This assignment is worth a total of 20%.

Due Date

Submit your completed assignment under the Assignment tab by Tuesday 11:59 p.m. EST of Week 8 as directed.

Requirements

1. The Course Reflection is worth 20% and will be graded on quality of self-assessment, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric.
2. Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about your essay may be posted under the Q & A forum under the Discussions tab.
3. The length of the reflection is to be within three to six pages excluding title page and reference pages.
4. APA format is required with both a title page and reference page. Use the required components of the review as Level 1 headers (upper and lower case, centered):

Note: Introduction – Write an introduction but do not use “Introduction” as a heading in accordance with the rules put forth in the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (2010, p. 63).

1. Course Reflection
2. Conclusion

Preparing Your Reflection

The BSN Essentials (AACN, 2008) outline a number of healthcare policy and advocacy competencies for the BSN-prepared nurse. Reflect on the NUR3178 course readings, discussion threads, and applications you have completed across this course and write a reflective essay regarding the extent to which you feel you are now prepared to:

• Define complementary alternative and integrative practices as identified by current health paradigms.
• Discuss history for complementary and alternative medicine.
• Given case studies, describe the extent to which complementary and alternative health practices are encouraged and used among multiple cultures.
• Relate concepts into clinical practice.
• Analyze the research regarding the efficacy of selected complementary and alternative practices and products.
• Incorporate integrative medicine which embodies conventional and complementary and alternative medicine, making use of the best available evidence of all three approaches to healing within patient’s personal plan of care.

Reference:

American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN]. (2008). The essentials of baccalaureate education for professional nursing practice. Washington, DC: Author.

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