SCHOLARLY PAPERS NURSING

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SCHOLARLY PAPERS NURSING

• Nancy Marenick
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Critical Thinking

• Nurses and the political process
• The future of nursing practice A changing and
  advancing profession
• The art and science of nursing
• Nursing as a profession Professional Nursing

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Topic to Thesis Statement

• Focal point of your essay

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Simple (working) Thesis Statement
Example

• Make a statement
• The federal governments policy on health
  care spending is inadequate limits nurses
  ability to provide proper care for their
  patients.
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  BECAUSE
• Argue, Defend, or Support your statement
• Not providing enough money
• The provinces dont have the capacity to pay for
  all needed services
• Individual provinces charging user fees
• 4) Skilled health care workers leaving
  province, profession

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authors Becker, L.J., Seligman, C.
article title (1981). Welcome to the
journal title in italics energy
crisis. Journal of volume in italics
(issue) pages Social Issues, 37(2), 1-7.
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References Canadian Nurses Association. (2002).
Code of ethics for registered nurses.
Ottawa Author. Mueller, C., Karon, S.L.
(2004). ANA nurse sensitive quality
indicators for long-term care facilities.
Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 19 (1),
39-47. Retrieved from http//.................
.................................. Registered
Nurses Association of Nova Scotia. (1997).
Standards of nursing practice. Halifax, NS
Author.
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APA Template

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Headings

• Assessing Critical Care (Level 1)
• Critical Care (Level 3)
• Dealing with Crisis
• Providing Care
• Conclusion
• (APA, 2001, p.113)

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Literature Review

• Synthesize the literature
• Provide the reader with information.
• Focus on the published literature.

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Constructing Your Argument

• Present a clear line of argument.
• A well argued literature review will demonstrate
  the following qualities
• Opinions are backed up with facts
• Differing opinions are accounted for,
• The sections of the review are clearly connected.
  

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Incorporating Information
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Introduction

• Clear and concise
• Clear thesis statement.

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Essential Components
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Supporting Your Arguments

• Paraphrase carefully
• Do not plagiarize
• Always cite paraphrases

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In-text Citations

• Author, Date

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One Author

• Pierrynowski (2004) discovered a genetic link to
  alcoholism.
• One recent study found a genetic link to
  alcoholism (Pierrynowski, 2004).

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Two Authors

• MacFarlane and Farrell (2004) discussed ....
• The ethical implications are (MacFarlane
  Farrell, 2004).

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Three, Four or Five Authors

• Whitty-Rogers, McGibbon, and Shaw (2004) proved
  that...
• They proved that .. (Whitty-Rogers, McGibbon,
  Shaw, 2004).

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Subsequent Citations

• MacFarlane et al. (2004) discovered that.
• The research proved that . (MacFarlane et al.,
  2004).

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Six or More Authors

• Alex et al. (2005) clarified the
• results by..
• They clarified their results by.
• (Alex et al., 2005).

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Secondary Sources

• Graham (as cited in Gillis MacIsaac, 2002)
  described ..
• The researcher described.. (Graham, as cited in
  Gillis MacIsaac, 2002).

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Conclusion

• Problems - offer solutions
• Discuss implications
• Reflect
• Project

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Pronoun Agreement

• When a nurse begins to reflect on their
  profession..

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Neutral Expressions

• Stroke victim
• Population suffering from multiple sclerosis

• Individual who had a stroke
• People who have multiple sclerosis
• APA, 2001, p.76

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Neutral Forms of Description

• A person with ______
• A person living with _______
• A person who has _______
• (APA, 2001, p.69).

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Find the Error?
A similar task was then done by the child with a
lot of people around, egocentric speech declined
significantly.
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• ?
• __________________ . _________________
• __________________ , and ______________
• __________________ _________________
• __________________ however, _________

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Conciseness

• Theres many ways to describe care of the
  elderly. They include ..

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Good, Better, Best

• There are many ways to describe care of the
  elderly. They include ..
• Care of the elderly is described as ..
• Nurses describe care of the elderly as .

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Revision

• Questions are answered?
• Ideas are logical and consistent?
• Supporting evidence is accurate?
• Properly documented?
• Correct grammar and sentence structure?

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