The purpose of the assignment is to develop skills in writing an academic paper. This will be done through the exploration of a topic relevant to the discipline of nursing, using the nursing and health care literature. In writing the essay, students will:
Explore a topic of importance to nursing. Identify and articulate a clear thesis statement, which will form the basis of the essay.
Search and identify relevant peer reviewed journal articles from nursing and/or health care literature.
Use the literature to support your statements on the nursing topic.
Demonstrate beginning critical thinking skills by explaining the relevance and significance of the topic to the discipline of nursing and the clients
Demonstrate appropriate use of APA to format the essay.
Please note that to demonstrate an understanding of the issues presented in the essay, students are encouraged to paraphrase viewpoints in their own words with appropriate referencing of ideas and avoid direct quotations from the literature.
Page limit
Essays are a maximum of three pages in length, excluding the title page and the reference list. Essay content beyond three pages will be excluded from grading.
Due date and submission requirements
Essays are to be submitted to the BNUR 1001DG course assignment drop box (Turnitin) on Blackboard as per the submission guidelines posted to Blackboard and the course professor’s direction.
Late submission of assignments- see review the 2021-2022 student manual as well as the course learning plan for details
Guidelines
The first few weeks of the course has introduced you to many professional standards and guidelines, as well as the concept of critical thinking. Select one of the standards/guidelines listed below that has been introduced in weeks 1 and 2. Use this standard as a basis to explore the importance of the standard/ guideline to the profession of nursing and your own practice. Consider the implications that the standard may have on the clients that you care for. In addition, you must use two or three articles from the literature to support your written ideas in
the paper.
Include a thesis for your paper. “The thesis of a paper is the idea on which the entire paper is based. Therefore, it must be the result of a comprehensive reflection. If it is formulated as a statement, the paper must prove its validity; if it is formulated as a question, the paper must answer it. Whether it is expressed in the form of a statement or question, a strong thesis has three qualities: it is specific, argumentative, and explanatory” (Ottawa University Writing Center- see handout). The thesis statement should be clearly stated in the essay’s introduction.
“Literature” refers to peer reviewed articles recently published in nursing or health care journals and excludes textbook chapters, editorials or websites. Information from nursing textbooks may be used for gaining background on your selected topic and referenced accordingly, however, cannot be used as the main sources for developing your ideas to support your thesis statement. (I.e. will not count as one of your three articles) In writing the paper, you must use two or three articles from the literature to support your ideas. The articles selected from the literature should have been published within the last five (5) years. Relevancy is important and health care rapidly changes.
Please note: Editorials and opinion pieces are not peer reviewed articles.
Please note: Students seeking feedback on scholarly article appropriateness are invited to connect with the course professor for discussion if needed.
Essay Components:
Introduction & thesis statement
Introduction clearly outlines the purpose and plan for the paper
Thesis statement is clearly worded
The chosen standard/ guideline is clearly identified
Importance of the standard / guideline
What do we know about the topic?
Identify the impact/importance to the profession of nursing.
Critical Thinking: significance
Explain how the chosen standard/ guideline might influence your own clinical practice.
Explain two possible examples of how the chosen standard/ guideline could impact nurses and or their clients
Description and explanation of the topic demonstrates critical thinking
Conclusion
Summarize the standard and the importance of the standard/ guideline to nurses and their clients
APA
Chosen literature is current and applicable.
No errors as per posted APA Rubric
Scholarly writing
Standards and Guidelines:
CNO Professional Standards
CNO Requisite Skills and Abilities
CNO Entry to practice competencies
CNA Code of ethics
CNO Decisions about authority
paper marking rubric: please try consider rubic
Components
% Weight on Assignment
Introduction
Introduction clearly outlines the purpose of the paper
Thesis statement is clearly worded
Standard/guideline is clearly identified.
/25%
Importance of the standard
The impact/importance of the standard to the profession of nursing is clearly articulated
This perspective is supported with relevant and current literature.
/25%
Critical thinking
Influence to nursing practice is clearly described/evident
Two possible examples are clearly identified and the impact to nurses and/or their clients are strong and unique and support thesis statement
Extensions made. Critical thinking is evident.
/50%
APA (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar and formatting)
APA deductions in accordance to APA Rubric
Total
/100%
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