This guide is for NURS 619 Week 2 Reflection Paper 2, start to submission. The second 5-page reflection, in the week on program outcomes and competencies, with 4 to 6 recent references.
NURS 619 is Nurse Educator III: Curriculum Development, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's MSN. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS619; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 619 Nurse Educator III: Curriculum Development |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 2 |
| Points | 100 points |
| Length | At least 5 pages, excluding the title and reference pages |
| Sources | 4 to 6 peer-reviewed references published within the last 5 years |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Current APA with appropriate level headings |
What NURS 619 Week 2 Reflection Paper 2 asks for
Reflection Paper 2 is due in Module/Week 2 with Billings and Halstead chapter 6, Halstead chapter 6, and three articles. It follows the same rules: at least 5 pages excluding title and reference pages, 4 to 6 peer-reviewed references from the last five years, APA with level headings, on an instructor-posed topic with personal reflection. Worth 100 points.
Where it fits in NURS 619
In the published schedule, Reflection Paper 2 is one of 10 graded written assignments in NURS 619. It follows Week 1 Reflection Paper 1 and comes before Week 3 Curriculum Plan Part I.
How NURS 619 Week 2 Reflection Paper 2 is graded
Liberty grades Reflection Paper 2 with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 100 points in the published guide. That is about 10% 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 619 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 619 Week 2 method, step by step
Pick one event and stay with it
Choose a single event or experience that fits the Reflection Paper 2 prompt and that you can describe honestly. One well-examined event beats three summarized ones.
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
Support the analysis with 4 to 6 peer-reviewed references published within the last 5 years. 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
Reflection papers allow first person, but they still follow current APA format for the title page, citations and references. Stay within At least 5 pages, excluding the title and reference pages.
A structure for NURS 619 Week 2 Reflection Paper 2
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,400 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. | ~190 words |
| The event | What happened and your role, without identifying details. | ~310 words |
| Analysis | Why it happened, explained with course concepts and sources. | ~590 words |
| What changes | What you learned and the concrete change you will make. | ~230 words |
| Conclusion | Tie the lesson back to the course. | ~80 words |
A topic angle that works
The week's reading covers curriculum design and the competency of participating in curriculum work. Reflect on a curriculum decision you have seen in your practicum or workplace orientation program and judge it against the reading.
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.
The new graduate orientation at my hospital was redesigned last year without anyone asking the new graduates what they struggled with.1 Halstead's competency of participating in curriculum design and evaluation of program outcomes assumes that design starts with evidence about learners, and recent studies of nurse residency programs find that programs built on new graduates' reported needs improve retention.2 Reflecting on it, I see that the most useful thing I can bring to curriculum work is the habit of asking learners first.3
- Opens with a real curriculum decision.
- Judges it against a competency and research.
- Ends with a lesson for the writer's practice.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 619 Week 2
- A summary of the chapter rather than reflection.
- Missing headings.
- Too few references.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: At least 5 pages, excluding the title and reference pages
- Sources: 4 to 6 peer-reviewed references published within the last 5 years
- 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
When is NURS 619 Reflection Paper 2 due?
In Module/Week 2 in the published guide.
How many points is NURS 619 Week 2 Reflection Paper 2 worth?
100 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 619, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 10% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is NURS 619 Week 2 the same in every section of NURS 619?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 619. 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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