This guide is for NURS 519 Week 1 Cultural Assessment, start to submission. A cultural assessment completed on the course template, worth three times the spiritual assessment.
NURS 519 is Strategies for End of Life Care, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's MSN. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS519; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 519 Strategies for End of Life Care |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 1 |
| Points | 75 points |
| Length | The template provided (no length set in the guide) |
| Sources | Cite any source you draw on in current APA |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Course template |
What NURS 519 Week 1 Cultural Assessment asks for
You complete a cultural assessment based on the template provided in the course. It is due in Module/Week 1, the same week as the spiritual assessment, and worth 75 points.
Where it fits in NURS 519
In the published schedule, Cultural Assessment is one of 10 graded written assignments in NURS 519. It follows Week 1 Spiritual Assessment and comes before Week 2 Discussion Board Forum 1. The same week also has Spiritual Assessment, so plan the week's writing together.
How NURS 519 Week 1 Cultural Assessment is graded
Liberty grades Cultural Assessment with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 75 points in the published guide. That is about 7% 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 519 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 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 begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday 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 519 Week 1 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 (Cite any source you draw on in current APA). 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 (The template provided, no length set in the guide).
A structure for NURS 519 Week 1 Cultural Assessment
Word targets are planning numbers for about 600 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. | ~130 words |
| Analysis | Why it happened, explained with course concepts and sources. | ~250 words |
| What changes | What you learned and the concrete change you will make. | ~100 words |
| Conclusion | Tie the lesson back to the course. | ~30 words |
A topic angle that works
Treat each template area (communication, family roles, beliefs about illness and death, rituals, decision making) as a question to ask, not a box to fill from a textbook. Note where a person differs from the general description of their culture; that difference is what a good assessment captures.
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.
Decision making: in the patient's Vietnamese family, the eldest son is expected to receive serious news first and decide how it is shared, a pattern described in the palliative care literature.1 The patient, however, said clearly that she wants to hear her prognosis herself, so the team should ask her preference before each conversation rather than assume.2 Rituals at death: the family will want time with the body and may burn incense, which the unit can accommodate with notice.3
- Names a cultural pattern with a source.
- Records where the individual departs from the pattern.
- Plans a practical accommodation.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 519 Week 1
- Describing a culture in general instead of assessing a person.
- Stereotyping without sources.
- Blank template sections.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: The template provided (no length set in the guide)
- Sources: Cite any source you draw on in current APA
- 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
How many points is the NURS 519 cultural assessment?
75 points in the published guide; the spiritual assessment in the same week is 25.
How many points is NURS 519 Week 1 Cultural Assessment worth?
75 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 519, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 7% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is NURS 519 Week 1 the same in every section of NURS 519?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 519. 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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