Write a paper, from a nursing perspective, that will investigate a specific disease in a cultural population you belong to or one of which you desire to know more.

Write a paper, from a nursing perspective, that will investigate a specific
disease in a cultural population you belong to or one of which you desire to
know more. If you choose a disease process and cultural group that you are
passionate about, which is interesting to you, the paper will be much easier to
write.
Possible subjects could
include (but are not limited to):

Correlate smokers to having an increase in comorbidities
Correlation
of elderly smokers having an increase in comorbitities.
Please feel free to move around the cultures
with the diseases in these examples as well. You are allowed to choose any
disease process or health-related topic and any cultural group besides
children/infants since this is Care of the Adult Client.
This
paper must be written in 7th edition American
Psychological Association (APA) style. Please use the sample student paper
downloadto
format your paper correctly. If you do not use the sample resource paper,
please ensure that you have a legible 12 point font, with 1-inch margins and
appropriate headers, with a properly formatted title and reference page.
Please keep in mind that
in a scholarly paper, it is frowned upon to write in the first person. Avoiding
the first person means you do not use the terms I or me as you write.
You must have at least
two professional references in your paper. At least one of these must be from
an online print or scholarly article. Examples of these would be reliable
internet sites (.gov, .org, .edu), books, journals, magazines, or interviews.
One of the references may be one or both of the NUR 195 textbooks. The majority
of your references must be less than five years old.
Your paper must be at
least two pages of text with a maximum of ten pages. The title page and
references pages are not included in the page count.
Turnitin will analyze
your paper for plagiarism. If your paper has more than 20% matching on the
Turnitin tool, you will automatically receive a zero on this paper. It is
prudent to upload your paper BEFORE THE DUE DATE! This means that you can fix
anything that is over 20% before the paper is due.
If you fail to check your
Turnitin score before the due date and you are over 20% for any reason, you
will receive an automatic 0 on this assignment. Keep in mind that this paper is
weighted more than a semester test (not more than the final test).
No late papers will be
accepted.
Please feel free to email
or meet with your professor with any questions or concerns as you write your
paper.
Please cover the
following in your paper:
Introduction
The
introduction section will present your thesis statement explaining your
disease process and the cultural population you will be investigating.
The
introduction should be at least one paragraph in length but no more than
one page in length.
Disease
The
disease section will address the disease you are investigating. You
can present the pathophysiology, symptoms, screening processes in place,
and/or the epidemiology of this disease. Include any unique or pertinent
information on the chosen condition.
This
section should be at least half a page but no more than two pages in
length.
Cultural
Population
The
cultural population section will address the cultural population you
have chosen. Make sure that you clearly identify who is or isnt a part
of this population
For
example, if you chose the elderly population, tell me what ages you
consider to be elderly.
You
must explain this cultures ideas relating to health, the incidence of
the particular disease in this population, and what makes this population
unique.
This
section should be at least half a page, and there is no maximum length,
make this section as long as it needs to be to cover all relevant
information.
Nursing
Process
The
nursing process section will have an introduction and then address all
five stages of the nursing process and its relation to the chosen disease
and population.
The
entire nursing process section should be at least 6 paragraphs in length.
Introduction
This is the first paragraph of
the nursing process section.
Provide a one paragraph section
as the introduction to the nursing process section explaining the
importance
Assessment
This is the second paragraph/section
of the nursing process section.
The assessment section will
provide all the information pertinent to assessing this patient for
this disease process.
The assessment section should
be at least one paragraph but no more than one page in length.
Diagnosis
This is the third
paragraph/section of the nursing process section.
The diagnosis section will
provide all the information pertinent to diagnosing this patient with
this disease process.
The diagnosis section should be
at least one paragraph but no more than one page in length.
Plan
This is the fourth
paragraph/section of the nursing process section.
The plan section will include
the plan of care for this type of patient diagnosed with this disease.
The plan section should be at
least one paragraph but no more than one page in length.
Implementation
This is the fifth
paragraph/section of the nursing process section.
The implementation section will
describe the patient going through the plan of care.
How do you anticipate it
looking in this cultural population?
The implementation section
should be at least one paragraph but no more than one page in length.
Evaluation
This is the sixth
paragraph/section of the nursing process section.
The evaluation section will
evaluate the predicted outcomes of this disease in this population.
What could go right, and what
could go wrong?
The evaluation section should
be at least one paragraph but no more than one page in length.
Conclusion
This
section should summarize the main points of your paper.
It
should mirror your introduction in topics covered and length.
There
should be no new information presented here.
This
section should be at least one paragraph but no more than one page in
length.

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