This guide is for NURS 445 Week 7 End-of-Life Reflective Paper, start to submission. A 2 to 3-page APA paper on your beliefs about death and how they will affect patient care.
NURS 445 is Contemporary Issues in Nursing and Healthcare, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's RN to BSN. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS445; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 445 Contemporary Issues in Nursing and Healthcare |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 7 |
| Points | 50 points |
| Length | 2 to 3 pages |
| Sources | At least 1 reference to support your spiritual beliefs |
| Faith integration | Your beliefs about death, with a reference supporting them |
| Format | Current APA |
What NURS 445 Week 7 End-of-Life Reflective Paper asks for
You write a 2 to 3-page paper in current APA discussing your beliefs on death and the ways those beliefs will affect patient care, with at least one reference supporting your spiritual beliefs. It is due in Module/Week 7 and worth 50 points.
Where it fits in NURS 445
In the published schedule, End-of-Life Reflective Paper is one of 11 graded written assignments in NURS 445. It follows Week 7 Discussion Board Forum 6 and comes before Week 8 End-of-Life Group Cultural Presentation. The same week also has Discussion Board Forum 6, so plan the week's writing together.
How NURS 445 Week 7 End-of-Life Reflective Paper is graded
Liberty grades End-of-Life Reflective Paper with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 50 points in the published guide. That is about 5% of the course's 1,010 points. Read the rubric first. Each row is a criterion, and the wording of the highest column is the closest thing you have to a model answer.
Course grades in NURS 445 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 900 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week (except Module/Week 1) begins on Tuesday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Monday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The NURS 445 Week 7 method, step by step
Pick one event and stay with it
Reflection writing works when it is specific. Pick one situation, one decision point, and stay with it for the whole paper.
Describe it briefly and accurately
Tell what happened in a few sentences. Remove names and identifying details; the reader needs the situation, not the people.
Analyze it with course concepts
Explain the event through the course material. A reflection that never names a concept from the reading is a diary entry, not an assignment.
Bring in the evidence the guide asks for
Meet the source rule (At least 1 reference to support your spiritual beliefs). Sources turn a personal account into professional analysis by showing how others have studied the same problem.
Say what you would do differently
Close the loop: what you learned, what you would change, and how it will shape your practice. Be concrete; a plan beats a promise.
Write in first person, formatted in APA
Use first person where you describe your own experience and keep the APA format for everything else. Check the length (2 to 3 pages).
A structure for NURS 445 Week 7 End-of-Life Reflective Paper
Word targets are planning numbers for about 700 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | Name the event and the lesson the paper will draw from it. | ~80 words |
| The event | What happened and your role, without identifying details. | ~140 words |
| Analysis | Why it happened, explained with course concepts and sources. | ~270 words |
| Faith perspective | Where the guide asks, a biblical principle applied to the event. | ~70 words |
| What changes | What you learned and the concrete change you will make. | ~100 words |
| Conclusion | Tie the lesson back to the course. | ~40 words |
A topic angle that works
State your beliefs honestly and then turn to practice: how will they shape what you do at a bedside when a patient's beliefs differ from yours? That turn is where the paper earns its points.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
I believe death is not the end, because of the hope of resurrection described in 1 Corinthians 15.1 That belief gives me peace at the bedside, but it also carries a risk: I could rush a family toward comfort they are not ready for.2 In practice, my faith means staying present with a family's grief without hurrying it, and offering spiritual support only when they welcome it.3
- States the belief with its source.
- Names a risk the belief creates in practice.
- Turns the belief into a specific way of caring.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 445 Week 7
- No reference supporting the spiritual beliefs.
- Beliefs without effects on patient care.
- Outside 2 to 3 pages.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: 2 to 3 pages
- Sources: At least 1 reference to support your spiritual beliefs
- Faith integration: Your beliefs about death, with a reference supporting them
- No names or identifying details of patients, clients or coworkers
- At least one course concept named and applied
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
Does the NURS 445 end-of-life paper need a reference?
Yes, at least one reference supporting your spiritual beliefs.
How many points is NURS 445 Week 7 End-of-Life Reflective Paper worth?
50 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 445, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 5% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is NURS 445 Week 7 the same in every section of NURS 445?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 445. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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