NURS 114 Professionalism and Communication in Nursing
History of Nursing Assignment Instructions (10 points)
The Nurse is Lillian wald.
Specific Objectives:
• Students will identify significant historical nursing leaders in the United States and worldwide.
• Students will discuss their contribution to the nursing profession.
• Students will discuss the challenges faced as the historical nurse leaders promoted their platform.
• Students will discuss the relevance of their contribution to the delivery of nursing care today.
• Students will compare and contrast the role of the nurse leader to their perceived role.
Instructions: All students will identify a historical nurse leader (pioneer) from their textbook to complete this assignment. Please upload the completed assignment through the Blackboard Assignment Submission Site by the due date and time. To complete this assignment, you may use print or web sources. However, you MUST also:
1. Paraphrase from your identified source (no copy or paste).
2. Cite the source/reference used in your paper.
3. Type your responses using 12-point font and double-spaced in 1-2 pages.
4. Address the following questions in your paper:
A. Provide a description of your pioneer’s early life?
B. What platform became their focus, and how did that impact the nursing profession?
C. Compare and contrast the challenges of nursing pioneers to the challenges facing the nursing profession to present time.
D. What is the relevance of their contribution to nursing practice today?
E. Present a 2-minute oral presentation about your nursing pioneer.
Grading Rubric for History of Nursing Assignment (10 points total)
CRITERIA Exceeds Expectations Meets Expectations Minimum Expectations Below Expectations Total
Provides description of the pioneer’s early life
1.75 Detailed description provided
1.75 Discussed pioneer, but lacked detail about their early life
1.50 Identified pioneer only
1.25 Did not identify
1
Describes the platform used that impacted nursing profession
1.75 Identified platform and discussed its impact in detail
1.75 Limited information about the pioneer’s platform
1.50 Identified platform but not related to nursing
1.25 Did not identify pioneer’s platform
1
Compare and contrast challenges faced in nursing
1.75 Compares and contrasts challenges faced in detail to 2022 challenges
1.75 Brief summary of challenges; no contrast provided
1.50 Stated challenges. No relevance to 2022 nursing practice
1.25 Did not compare and contrast challenges
1
Discussed the relevance of their contribution to nursing practice
1.75 Detailed description of relevance of contribution to nursing practice
1.75 Limited information about their contribution to nursing practice
1.50 Vague discussion; difficult to follow
1.25 No correlation to nursing practice provided
1
Oral Presentation.
Speaker must dress professionally
2
Demonstrates an above average ability to communicate with the class, is clearly and
easily understood.
2 Demonstrates an average ability to communicate with the class, but mostly read from notes.
1.50 The presenter could not clearly articulate elements of the criteria.
1
Demonstrates a poor ability to communicate with the class and is not easily understood.
0.5
Spelling, grammar or
punctuation errors.
1 0-4 Errors
1 4-7 Errors
0.75 7-9 Errors
0.50 More than 10 errors
0
Grades: 2 x 5 = 10 points 1.5 x 5 = 7.5 points 1 x 5 = 5 points 0.5 x 5 points = 0.25 points
