Use the questions from Box 3-2 on page 111 of your textbook as a guide as you write your personal philosophy of nursing. The essay is to be typewritten and double-spaced (1,000 words) and should include the following:

1. Introduction that includes who you are and where you practice nursing

(I am a Cuban American single mother of two children, I want to practice nursing to be able to help people in their time of need, be able to do something I love while making a better salary which can improve my ability to provide for my children and also follow in my mothers footsteps as she was a nurse in Cuba)

2. Definition of nursing

3. Assumptions or underlying beliefs

4. Definitions and examples of the major domains of nursing

5. Summary that includes answers to the following questions: a. How are the domains connected? b. What is your vision of nursing for the future? c. What are the challenges that you will face as a nurse? (challenges any new nurse will face) d. What are your goals for professional development? (my goals are to get my masters and be a nurse practitioner in a hospital)