Evaluate the merit of the work: the importance of its points, its accuracy, completeness, organization, and so on. • Include your own voice by weigh

This reflection and analysis paper will be based on all the required readings from the first
week (you may also include optional readings if you wish to do so).
Response paper is no longer than three, double-spaced pages (excluding the title page
and reference list).
You will be evaluated on your analysis of the readings/topics assigned for that week.
Description
In a reaction or response paper, writers respond to the texts they have read. In responding to
multiple texts, you must also discover how the texts relate to one another. A reaction paper may
include a discussion of interesting questions that the readings raise for the student, but such a
discussion is not sufficient by itself.
Writing good response papers is more demanding than it might appear at first. It is not simply a
matter of reading the text, understanding it, and expressing an opinion about it. You must allow
yourself enough time to be clear about what each text says and how the texts all relate to one
another. In other words, response papers require you to synthesize the intellectual work of
others—that is, bring it together into an integrated whole. In preparing to write response papers,
therefore, it is crucial that you allow yourself not just enough time to do the readings but enough
to digest what you have read and to put the results together into a unified account.
Grading Rubric (total of 8 points):
• Section 1: 2 point
• Section 2: 3 points
• Section 3: 2 point
• Clarity of the writing; APA (including reference list and in-text citation): 1 point
Section 1. Summary of the work:
• Write an informative synthesized summary of all the required readings.
• Condense the content of the work by highlighting its main points and key supporting points.
• Use direct quotations from the work only to illustrate important ideas; otherwise, make sure
to rephrase ideas to avoid plagiarism.
• Summarize the material so that the reader gets a general sense of all key aspects of the
original work.
• Do not discuss in great detail any single aspect of the work, and do not neglect to mention
other equally important points.
• Do not include in the first part of the paper your personal reaction to the work; your
impression will form the basis of the second part of your paper.
Section 2. Your reaction to the work (these are simply examples of possible ways to
reflect on the readings):
• How is the assigned work related to ideas and concerns discussed in the course in relation
to the construction of knowledge, evidence, ethics, and how we know what we know?
• How is the work related to nursing education and practice in our present-day world?
• Did the work increase your understanding of a particular issue? Did it change your
perspective in any way?
• Evaluate the merit of the work: the importance of its points, its accuracy, completeness,
organization, and so on.
• Include your own voice by weighing arguments, evaluating evidence, and raising critical
questions. If there seems to be something important that none of the authors address, point
it out and state what you think its significance is. Try to be as specific as possible.
• Accord each text the weight it deserves. Don’t forget to synthesize your account by showing
how the texts relate to one another.
Section 3: Conclusion
• Provide overall thoughts on the readings.
• Provide any recommendations related to how the topic can improve people’s understanding
and implementation of nursing education and evidence-based practice.
Citations and reference list:
• Make sure to cite the articles as you discuss them in the paper.
• On a separate page, provide a reference list of all the readings you used for the assignment.