This guide is for NURS 767 Week 1 Written Assignment 1, start to submission. An approximately 5-page paper answering the questions posed for Week 1, with enough resources to answer them.
NURS 767 is Transition to the Nurse Educator Role, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's PhD in Nursing. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS767; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 767 Transition to the Nurse Educator Role |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 1 |
| Points | 75 points |
| Length | Approximately 5 pages, not including title and reference pages |
| Sources | A sufficient number of resources to answer the questions posed |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Current APA paper |
What NURS 767 Week 1 Written Assignment 1 asks for
You complete five written assignments, each approximately 5 pages (not including the title and reference pages) in current APA, with a sufficient number of resources to answer the questions posed. Written Assignment 1 is due in Module/Week 1 with Oermann chapter 1, the same week as your practicum goals and objectives. The questions are posted in Canvas. Worth 75 points.
Where it fits in NURS 767
In the published schedule, Written Assignment 1 is one of 12 graded written assignments in NURS 767. It is the first written assignment in the course; the next is Week 2 Discussion Board Forum 1.
How NURS 767 Week 1 Written Assignment 1 is graded
Liberty grades Written Assignment 1 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 767 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 960 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 767 Week 1 method, step by step
Turn the instructions into an outline
Start from the assignment instructions in Canvas. Every element the Written Assignment 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
Size the topic to the length (Approximately 5 pages, not including title and reference pages). A focused question about one population, policy or problem gives you room to analyze; a broad survey leaves room only to describe.
Collect sources before drafting
Find the sources first: A sufficient number of resources to answer the questions posed. Use the Jerry Falwell Library databases, filter to peer-reviewed, and keep a table of author, year, design and finding so the paper is built from evidence instead of padded with it later.
Write a thesis that the sections prove
Draft the thesis before the body. A NURS 767 paper reads as organized when each heading answers part of the thesis, and as a list of facts when it does not.
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 767 Week 1 Written Assignment 1
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,300 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 | The questions and your teaching context. | ~160 words |
| Answers to the posed questions | One APA heading per question. | ~860 words |
| Application to your practicum | How the answers shape your teaching this term. | ~160 words |
| Conclusion | Summary. | ~130 words |
A topic angle that works
The opening chapter deals with the educator's role. Answer each posed question under its own heading, and in each section move from the text to the literature to your own practicum setting, so the paper is specific to you.
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 transition from expert clinician to novice educator is well documented, and the literature describes it as a return to being a beginner.1 I recognized that in my first week of clinical teaching: I knew how to care for a patient with sepsis, but not how to let a student find the problem without telling her. Studies of new clinical faculty describe the same tension and point to mentorship as the most effective support, which is why I have scheduled weekly meetings with my preceptor.2
- Uses the literature on role transition.
- Draws on the writer's practicum.
- Ends with an action.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 767 Week 1
- Skipping one of the posed questions.
- A general essay not tied to the questions.
- Too few sources to support the answers.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: Approximately 5 pages, not including title and reference pages
- Sources: A sufficient number of resources to answer the questions posed
- 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
What is due in NURS 767 Week 1?
Written Assignment 1 and the practicum goals and objectives.
How many points is NURS 767 Week 1 Written Assignment 1 worth?
75 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 767, 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 767 Week 1 the same in every section of NURS 767?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 767. 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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