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Professional Awareness Research Project

This research project has two components: (1) selection of a famous nurse with major contributions to the nursing profession and (2) timeline indicative of the time allotted for completion of this project. The assignment is due on May 2nd,2020 Saturday. This assignment comprises 5% of your final grade for this course PN113L Professional Awareness.

You may choose from the list below or find a famous nurse more to your liking.

Helen Fairchild

Mabel Keaton Staupers

Christiane Reiman

Elizabeth Grace Neill

Mary Jane Seacole

Mary Breckinridge

Margaret Sanger

Isabella Baumfree

Sophie Mannerheim

Mary Elizabeth Mahoney

Dorothea Dix

Mother Teresa

Florence Nightingale

Hazel W. Johnson-Brown

Claire Bertschinger

Susie King Taylor

Virginia Avenel Henderson

Edith Cavell

Clara Barton

Lillian Wald

Sarah Emma Edmonds

Mildred I. Clark

Ruby Bradley

Anna Caroline Maxwell

Jane Delano

Louisa May Alcott

Diane Carlson Evans

Anna Goodrich

M. Adelaide Nutting

Lenah S. Higbee

Rubric

Component

Description

Points

Your name, title of paper, body of paper is 150 – 350 words

Student’s name is evident.

Title is displayed.

5

Identify nurse selected with rationale for choice

Famous nurse selected is identified within the paper. Students explains reason for selection.

15

Contribution to the nursing profession

Discussion of selected nurse’s contribution to the nursing profession. Length of paper meets word count minimum of 150 words to maximum 350 words.

50

Resources identified (Wikipedia is not a credible resource)

Resources of information retrieval are noted

5

Timeline

Timeline for project completion included with the number of minutes per day

25

Total

100

SAMPLE

NAME, TITLE

Student Nurse

Florence Nightingale

SELECTION & RATIONALE

The famous nurse I selected is Florence Nightingale. The reason for my selection is because………..

CONTRIBUTION

Florence Nightingale was born in the year 1820 in Florence, Italy……….In 1910, Florence died in her sleep of heart failure at 90 years of age.

RESOURCES

https://www.florence_nightingale

Success in Practical/Vocational Nursing: From student to Leader 8th ed Knecht, Patricia

TIMELINE

Your timeline can be a blank weekly/monthly calendar with entries on the day for time dedicated to working on the project. You may also create your own timeline depicting the time spent on any given day working on the assignment.