This guide is for NURS 750 Week 3 Spiritual Care Workshop Part 1, start to submission. With your partner, a 4 to 6-page paper on spiritual care in illness across a religious or belief system from the provided list, with 3 to 5 learning outcomes and 5 to 7 peer-reviewed references.
NURS 750 is Spiritual Care, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's DNP. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS750; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 750 Spiritual Care |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 3 |
| Points | 100 points |
| Length | 4 to 6 pages |
| Sources | 5 to 7 peer-reviewed references |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Current APA paper; written with an assigned partner |
What NURS 750 Week 3 Spiritual Care Workshop Part 1 asks for
The workshop provides information about spiritual care during illness, the variation between specific religious or belief systems, and how professional nurses should provide spiritual care for clients with specific beliefs or religions, including targeted learning activities. In Part 1 you and an assigned partner select a topic from a provided list and develop a 4 to 6-page paper in current APA focused on spiritual care during illness, the variation of specific religious or belief systems, and how nurses should provide spiritual care for clients with different beliefs. The paper must include 3 to 5 learning outcomes and 5 to 7 peer-reviewed references. It is due in Module/Week 3 with O'Brien chapters 7 to 9. Worth 100 points.
Where it fits in NURS 750
In the published schedule, Spiritual Care Workshop Part 1 is one of 8 graded written assignments in NURS 750. It follows Week 2 Caring Ministry Exemplar Paper and comes before Week 4 Spiritual Care Workshop Part 2.
How NURS 750 Week 3 Spiritual Care Workshop Part 1 is graded
Liberty grades Spiritual Care Workshop Part 1 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. Open the rubric before you draft and read across each row: the top column describes what full credit looks like, and the gap between columns tells you what costs points.
Course grades in NURS 750 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 750 Week 3 method, step by step
Turn the instructions into an outline
Start from the assignment instructions in Canvas. Every element the Spiritual Care Workshop Part 1 instructions name becomes a heading in your outline, in the order given, and the rubric rows tell you how deep each one has to go.
Narrow the topic until it fits the length
4 to 6 pages is not much room. Choose a question narrow enough that you can answer it fully inside that length; a broad topic forces summary, and summary scores lower than analysis.
Collect sources before drafting
Build the source list before the draft (5 to 7 peer-reviewed references). A short evidence table (who, when, what they found, which section it serves) prevents the late scramble for citations that weakens most papers.
Write a thesis that the sections prove
Write one sentence that states what the paper argues. Every section after the introduction should advance that sentence; if a paragraph does not, it belongs in another paper.
Draft section by section, analysis first
Fill the outline one heading at a time. In each section, say what the sources show, weigh them, and draw the implication. Graders reward the sentences that interpret, not the ones that report.
Format and check against the rubric
Apply current APA (title page, running format, headings, in-text citations matched to the reference list) and then read the paper once against the rubric, row by row, before you submit.
A structure for NURS 750 Week 3 Spiritual Care Workshop Part 1
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 and learning outcomes | The topic and 3 to 5 measurable outcomes. | ~250 words |
| The belief system | Core beliefs relevant to illness and healing. | ~360 words |
| Spiritual needs in illness | What patients of this faith may need. | ~340 words |
| Nursing approaches | How nurses provide fitting spiritual care. | ~310 words |
| Conclusion | Bridge to the Part 2 learning activity. | ~140 words |
A topic angle that works
Write learning outcomes as measurable verbs for the nurses who will attend the workshop ("identify three dietary practices during Ramadan that affect medication timing"), not as topics. Part 2's learning activity has to test them.
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.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to: identify three Islamic practices that affect hospital care, including fasting, prayer times and modesty; describe how Ramadan fasting affects medication timing and diabetes management; and plan care that allows a Muslim patient to perform daily prayers safely.1 The outcomes are drawn from the literature on Muslim patients' reported unmet needs in hospital, where prayer and modesty top the list.2
- Measurable verbs.
- Specific to the belief system.
- Justified from research.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 750 Week 3
- Outcomes written as topics.
- Fewer than 5 peer-reviewed references.
- Generalizing a faith without sources.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: 4 to 6 pages
- Sources: 5 to 7 peer-reviewed references
- Title page and reference page in current APA format
- Headings follow the order of the instructions
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
How many learning outcomes does NURS 750 Workshop Part 1 need?
3 to 5 learning outcomes, with 5 to 7 peer-reviewed references.
How many points is NURS 750 Week 3 Spiritual Care Workshop Part 1 worth?
100 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 750, 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 750 Week 3 the same in every section of NURS 750?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 750. 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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