NURS 397 Week 1 Written Assignment
Instructions/Steps:
You should by now have reviewed all the resources listed or provided on the Week 1 Learning
Resources page.
Analyze the questions below considering the assigned readings and other resources you find.
Being able to clearly articulate your thoughts and ideas is almost as critical as the depth of those
thoughts and ideas. At this stage in your education, you have had ample opportunity to practice
your writing skills; therefore, the expectation is that this document will be professionally written
and meet the standards of APA formatting.
In your APA formatted paper, address the following 3 questions
● 1st Paragraph: Briefly state and describe 2 factors (NO MORE) within the health care
realm that identify and address peoples' past perceptions of nurses in general and how
these past perceptions may have PREVIOUSLY impacted the professionalism of
nursing. (Cite and reference)
● 2nd Paragraph: Describe how each of the 2 factors have evolved to no longer be as
relevant as they were in the past. (Cite and reference)
● 3rd Paragraph: Provide 2 examples of how this evolution has led to nurse leaders having
an opportunity to advance health equity. (Cite and reference)
References from Week 1’s readings to choose from:
● National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. The Future of
Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity. Washington, DC: The
National Academies Press. https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/25982/chapter/1
● Azar, K. (2021) The Evolving Role of Nurse leadership in the fight for health Equity.
Nurse Lead, 19(6), 571-575. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8438605/
● Pavić, J., Marković, M., Hošnjak, A. M., Racz, A., Kovačević, I., & Smrekar, M. (2025).
Analyzing predictive factors for the media’s impact on the nursing profession. Nursing
Reports, 15(1), 25.
● McMullan, J., Thompson, D. R., Dixon, A., Palumbo, A., Dickinson, T., Jourdain, P.,
Monaghan, C., & Quinn, B. (2025). Exploring perceptions of what increased gender
diversity might bring to the nursing profession. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 81(1),
450–462.
● Meyer, D. (2019). Future of nursing 2020–2030. Teaching and Learning in Nursing,
14(3), 228-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2019.04.007
● Farghaly Abdelaliem, S. M., Al-Mugheed, K., Alzoubi, M. M., Al-Oweidat, I., &
Hamouda, G. M. (2025). The effect of nursing shared governance educational program
on nurse managers' knowledge for sustainable nursing excellence and empowerment.
PLOS ONE, 20(2), e0307798. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307798
