This guide is for NURS 519 Week 1 Spiritual Assessment, start to submission. A spiritual assessment completed on the template and questions provided in the course.
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 | 25 points |
| Length | The template provided (no length set in the guide) |
| Sources | Cite any source you draw on in current APA |
| Faith integration | The assessment addresses spiritual needs and resources |
| Format | Course template |
What NURS 519 Week 1 Spiritual Assessment asks for
You complete a spiritual assessment based on the template with questions provided in the course. It is due in Module/Week 1 with Matzo and Sherman chapters 2 and 11 and is worth 25 points.
Where it fits in NURS 519
In the published schedule, Spiritual Assessment is one of 10 graded written assignments in NURS 519. It is the first written assignment in the course; the next is Week 1 Cultural Assessment. The same week also has Cultural Assessment, so plan the week's writing together.
How NURS 519 Week 1 Spiritual Assessment is graded
Liberty grades Spiritual Assessment with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 25 points in the published guide. That is about 2% of the course's 1,010 points. The rubric rows are the real instructions. Draft against them, and you will rarely be surprised by the grade.
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
Set the scene in a short paragraph: what happened, who was involved (without identifying details), and what your role was. Keep description to a fraction of the length.
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
Support the analysis with Cite any source you draw on in current APA. Use the sources to show that what you saw is a known pattern and what the literature says about preventing or handling it.
Say what you would do differently
End with a specific change in practice that follows from the analysis. Graders look for growth that is tied to the evidence you cited.
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 Spiritual Assessment
Word targets are planning numbers for about 500 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. | ~60 words |
| The event | What happened and your role, without identifying details. | ~100 words |
| Analysis | Why it happened, explained with course concepts and sources. | ~190 words |
| Faith perspective | Where the guide asks, a biblical principle applied to the event. | ~50 words |
| What changes | What you learned and the concrete change you will make. | ~80 words |
| Conclusion | Tie the lesson back to the course. | ~20 words |
A topic angle that works
Answer each template question in full sentences and as a clinician would record it: what the person's sources of meaning, hope and strength are, what their faith community provides, and what they would want from the care team. Use the template's wording as headings.
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.
Sources of meaning and hope: the patient describes her Baptist faith and her grandchildren as what keeps her going, and she says she is not afraid of dying but is afraid of pain.1 Faith community: her pastor visits weekly and her church provides meals, so the community is an active resource.2 Wishes for care: she would like prayer before procedures and her pastor called if her condition changes, which belongs in the care plan.3
- Records the patient's own words and the fear she names.
- Identifies a resource the team can use.
- Turns the assessment into specific care actions.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 519 Week 1
- Answering in fragments where the template asks for explanation.
- Leaving template questions blank.
- Imposing your beliefs rather than assessing the patient's.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: The template provided (no length set in the guide)
- Sources: Cite any source you draw on in current APA
- Faith integration: The assessment addresses spiritual needs and resources
- 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
What template is used for the NURS 519 spiritual assessment?
The guide says it is completed on the template with questions provided in the course in Canvas.
How many points is NURS 519 Week 1 Spiritual Assessment worth?
25 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 519, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 2% 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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