Benchmark -Human Experience Across the Health-Illness Continuum
Due Date: Feb 20, 2025, 11:59 PM
Points:105
Benchmark: Assessment Description
Research the health-illness continuum and its relevance to patient care. In a 750-1,000-word paper, discuss the relevance of the continuum to patient care and present a holistic perspective of your current state of health in relation to the wellness spectrum by including the following:
Examine the health-illness continuum and discuss why this perspective is important to consider in relation to health and the human experience when caring for patients.
Explain how understanding the health-illness continuum enables you, as a health care provider, to better promote the value and dignity of individuals or groups and to serve others in ways that promote human flourishing and are consistent with the Christian worldview.
Reflect on your overall state of health from a holistic perspective. Discuss what behaviors support or detract from your health, well-being, and self-care. Explain where you currently fall on the health-illness continuum. Describe how you might improve your self-care practices and overall wellness using evidence-based strategies.
Discuss at least two specific options and resources available to you in your community or virtually to help you move toward wellness on the health-illness spectrum. Describe how these would assist in moving you toward wellness (managing a chronic disease, recovering from an illness, self-actualization, etc.).
You are required to cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the past 5 years, appropriate for the assignment criteria, and relevant to nursing practice.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
Benchmark Information
This benchmark assesses the following programmatic competency:
RN-BSN
10.1: Understand the human experience across the health-illness continuum.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education
This assignment aligns to AACN Core Competencies 10.1, 2.3 ,3.1 ,4.2, 8.4.
Rubric Criteria
Importance of Health-Illness Continuum to Health and Patient Care (B)
21 points
A discussion of the health-illness continuum perspective and its importance in relation to health and the human experience in patient care is thorough and accurate.
Relationship of Human-Illness Continuum to Value, Dignity, and Promotion of Human Flourishing
21 points
An explanation of the relationship between the understanding of the health-illness continuum and the ability of a health care provider to promote the value, dignity, and human flourishing of patients is thorough and insightfully includes how this is consistent with the Christian worldview.
Reflection on Personal State of Health and the Health-Illness Continuum
15.75 points
A reflection of personal state of health from a holistic perspective, including what supports or detracts from state of health, status on health-illness continuum, and how wellness can be improved, is thorough and insightful.
Resources Supporting Wellness
15.75 points
Specific options and resources available that would help one move toward personal wellness on the health-illness continuum, including discussion of how the options and resources would assist, are thorough and insightful.
Thesis, Position, or Purpose
7.35 points
The thesis, position, or purpose is clearly communicated throughout and clearly directed to a specific audience.
Development, Structure, and Conclusion
7.35 points
The thesis, position, or purpose is advanced in most aspects. Ideas clearly build on each other. Conclusion aligns to the development of the purpose.
Evidence
6.3 points
Selects and integrates evidence to support and advance position/purpose; considers other perspectives.
Specific and appropriate evidence is included. Relevant perspectives of others are clearly considered.
Mechanics of Writing
6.3 points
Includes spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, language use, sentence structure, etc. No mechanical errors are present. Appropriate language choice and sentence structure are used throughout.
Format/Documentation
4.2 points
Uses appropriate style, such as APA, MLA, etc., for college, subject, and level; documents sources using citations, footnotes, references, bibliography, etc., appropriate to assignment and discipline. No errors in formatting or documentation are present.
