- Introduction to the paper outlining the topic and content

- Identify the relevance of the clinical situation to be analyzed.

- Discuss the overall impact of the issue on the family

- Analyze the nursing literature addressing the specific issue faced by a family experiencing a complex health challenge from your current clinical placement.

- Insight into the issue is evident through thoughtful examination of concepts and synthesis of the literature

- Discuss the evidence based recommendations that will support the family experiencing the specific issue identified

- Discuss relevant gaps and implications for nursing practice (drawn from analysis of literature)

- Sound support for recommendations is evident

- Discuss how your analysis of the clinical situation will influence your future family nursing practice.

- Conclusion summarizing the main points of the paper

- Ideas are developed in a logical and organized manner

- Writing is clear and focused

- APA (5th ed.) format is followed

- paper does not exceed six pages

- Includes a minimum of five current (within past 5 years) scholarly references to support the discussion

- A minimum of three of the references should be from the nursing literature

- Hard copies of references are to be submitted with the essay.