Leadership

2. There are some APA Guidelines to consider

a. Avoid excessive first-person language

b. Keep direct quotes to a minimum

c. All sections need headings to guide the reader

d. Make sure you have a purpose statement in the first paragraph

e. Provide a formal conclusion section

f. Make sure if you use abbreviations you define what they mean

3. Make sure to answer any questions the professor asked in the feedback on your Week 2 assignment and explore topics he suggested you address

The second assignment is a 5-page paper that builds on the first paper. You may want to consolidate your first assignment to make your argument more concise and allow space to answer all the suggestions for this new paper, which include:

1. Review the feedback you received on the first assignment, especially issues like:Add 2-3 additional references to support your presentation. You always may add more scholarly references to strengthen your argument.

a. Make sure you have a purpose statement and clearly labeled conclusion section

b. Use paragraph headings to guide the reader and make it easy for the  professor to see where you have met the requirements for the assignment

c. Spell check your document

d. Make sure to follow APA Guidelines including minimal use of first-person language, direct quotes, and that everything is properly referenced. For instance if you’re going to mention your organization, put in the name of the organization: Acme Hospital, rather than misusing first person language and saying my organization.

e. This is not an editorial/opinion paper/assignment, thus all points you make must be supported with a scholarly reference.

f. Read the information I posted in the Announcement section with tips for writing an academic paper.

2. In terms of the specifics of this assignment, the new section added to your previous assignment should include:

a. Identification and description of at least two competing needs that impact the issue you addressed in your first assignment. Please note I may have made some suggestions in your feedback about what to make sure to address in this assignment.

b. Describe any relevant policies or practices in your organization or nursing in general, such as from professional organizations or regulatory bodies that may influence your topic.

c. Explore the moral and ethical considerations, related to your suggested solution to  issue you selected. How does your solution specifically promote ethics?

d. Recommend one or more policy or practice change designed to balance the competing needs of resources, workers, and patients, while addressing any ethical and financial shortcomings of the existing policies. Be specific and provide examples. Please make sure your solution is financially viable, as an example you cannot just say Administration needs to hire more nurses, unless you can show that your organization has an excessive amount of unused money and no other place to spend it.

e. Show scholarly evidence (references) that support your policy or practice recommendations.