Source: Napoli, M., & Roe, S. (2011). Life by personal design: Limitless horizons. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt.
Quality of Life Self Care Wheel – Assessment
INANCES
Instructions: Review each Dimension. Think about how each one relates to you. Then select a number
from 10 High to 1 Low which best reflects your level of realizing the Dimension.
DIMENSION Quality of Life Scale – Please Circle
10 = High to 1 = Low
Health
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Rest/ Recreation
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Personal
Development/Relationships
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Finances
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Environment
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Career/School
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Passion
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
What Does Your Score Mean:
10-9: Fantastic Balance/Wellness 8-7: Good Job 6: Doing Okay 5 and Below: Needs Adjustment
Quality of Life Self Care Wheel
Health
Rest/
Recreation
Personal
Development/
Relationships
Finances
Environment
Career/School
Passion
Source: Napoli, M., & Roe, S. (2011). Life by personal design: Limitless horizons. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt.
Dimensions – Some Examples
Health: Healthful eating, exercising, maintaining an appropriate weight, regular
physical exams, and using effective stress reduction strategies.
Rest/Recreation: Adequate sleep and rest periods, interspersing work with play,
pursuing hobbies, realizing happiness, and having fun.
Personal Development/Relationships: Fulfilling and rewarding relationships with
others in your life, needed emotional support systems, developing personal goals
such as improving listening, and having meaning and purpose through a desired
spiritual life.
Finances: Sufficient resources to support self and those responsible for, aligning
needed resources with daily requirements, and adequate discretionary income to
purchase wanted items.
Environment: Awareness and being respectful of the environment in which you
live in and those around you, having sensitivity to the impact you have on the
environment, being chemical/pollutant free, recycling, and using natural
products.
Career/School: Regularly improving your knowledge and skill base, setting
professional goals and achieving them, having a satisfying and meaningful
profession/occupation, being content with your work life, and pursuing work life
balance.
Passion: Understanding, defining, and living your life based on your inner
feelings, desires, and dreams.
Part 1 – Getting Started
Balancing School and Life – My Quality of Life Self-Care Plan. The purpose of developing this Plan is to set a framework and a plan to maintain wellness and to stay motivated and engaged throughout your Program. Doing this will help you achieve success during your coursework and as a professional nurse.
The goal of the Project is to help you become self-aware and reflective as a means of identifying personal self-care strategies that will increase your energy and help you manage your stress. The Project will give you a chance to learn how this is accomplished as you will be doing similar work with clients during the Program and as a professional nurse to assist them in the same way.
Using an online search tool such as Google.com, locate and select a free quality of life assessment tool. Assess your quality of life using the tool you selected.
In a 2–3-page paper (not including the title page or reference page), include the following information:
· Describe the tool you selected and why you chose this tool.
· Include a link to the tool.
· Discuss at least two strengths related to your quality of life.
· Identify at least two strategies to maintain or maximize these strengths.
· Describe how you would implement these strategies using SMART goals.
· Discuss at least two weaknesses related to your quality of life.
· Identify at least two strategies to improve these weaknesses.
· Describe how you would implement these strategies using SMART goals.
· Accurate grammar, spelling and APA format.
Resource:
What is the SMART method? How do I set realistic goals?
Due by 11pm tonight
