Is Nursing an Art or Science?
1. Use the article below and one new (within three years), peer-reviewed scholarly outside resource to briefly and clearly describe four characteristics of nursing that you consider to be included in the science of nursing and four characteristics of nursing that you consider to be included in the art of nursing.
2. Your paper must include at least one reference from this week’s learning resources(article) and one new, current (within three years), peer-reviewed scholarly source from the internet that is not listed in the course material. It should be 2-3 pages long in APA style. There should be an introduction, body, and conclusion.
3. Be sure to cite and reference using APA 7th Edition.
4. Writing is clear, objective, formal and professional, grammar, spelling, and punctuation are correct.
5. There is internal consistency among descriiptions of each characteristic; characteristics are accurately described and explained. (Descriiption of one does not contradict another).
Article; course material/ learning resources
Vega, H. & Hayes, K. (2019). Blending the art and science of nursing. Nursing, 40 (9), 62-63.
Vega and Hayes seek to help students and new nurses to understand why nursing is both an art and a science and discuss how to best balance the two aspects of nursing.