Order 2425401: Lateral Violence/Workplace Incivility

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BSN 460 - Research

Paper DRAFT and Final

Paper Guidelines

Instructions:

Incorporate the elements of research you have learned throughout this semester to write a

research paper 6 to 8 pages in length in APA format, using the following guidelines.

A. Choose one of the two topics listed:

i. Lateral Violence/Workplace Incivility

ii. Bullying in Nursing Education

B. Conduct a review of the literature and cite the research appropriately to cover the following

areas:

a. What are the key issues defining this topic?

a. List the clinical question using the PICO approach. b. Address the following by citing at least 2 research studies from your review of

literature. Include elements such as study type, study design, sample size, data

collection methods and study results.

a. How does the issue impact the nursing profession?

b. How does this topic impact patient care?

c. How are you impacted by this issue, as a nurse?

i. The use of first person (I, me) is appropriate in this section)?

d. Did the review of literature identify any solutions to the issue?

i. What were the outcomes?

ii. What solution(s) do you propose?

C. Literature Review:

 You may use some or all of the articles below for the selected topic.  There needs to be a minimum of 6 scholarly resources used for the

paper.

o The resources need to be current articles from professional journals (<5yrs.).

 Citations throughout demonstrate support of student’s ideas and opinions.

D. Writing Mechanics:

 The paper must be at 6 - 8 pages, not including the title page and the reference

page.

o APA 6th edition is required.

Please note: By submitting the assignment, you are acknowledging you have reviewed

the guidelines and grading rubric for this assignment.

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Lateral Violence/Workplace Incivility

Hamblin, L., Essenmacher, L., Upfal, M., Russell, J., Luborsky, M., Ager, J., & Arnetz, J.

(2015). Catalysts of worker-to-worker violence and incivility in hospitals. Journal

of Clinical Nursing, 2458-2467.

Lim, F., & Bernstein, I. (2014). Civility and workplace bullying: Resonance of Nightingale's

persona and current best practices. Nursing Forum, 49(2), 124-129.

Warrner, J., Sommers, K., Zappa, M., & Thornlow, D. (2016). Decreasing workplace incivility.

Nursing Management (Springhouse), 22-30.

Bullying in Nursing Education

Clark, C., Barbosa-Leiker, C., Gill, L., & Nguyen, D. (2015). Revision and Psychometric

Testing of the Incivility in Nursing Education (INE) Survey: Introducing the INE-R.

Journal of Nursing Education, 54(6), 306-315.

Sanner-Stiehr, E., & Ward-Smith, P. (2015). Increasing self-efficacy: Lateral violence response

training for nursing students. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 6(2), 1-9.

doi:10.5430/jnep.v6n2p1

Zalaquett, C., & Chatters, S. (2014). Cyberbullying in college: Frequency, characteristics,

and practical implications. SAGE Open, 1-8.

Submission Instructions:

Submit the paper via the Turn-It-In assignment link a minimum of 24 hours before the due

date of the draft to allow time for revision(s). Once revised, submit the Research Paper

(DRAFT) via the assignment link in Blackboard.

After submission of the Research Paper (DRAFT), the instructor will comment and

provide feedback to you.

The feedback provided on the Draft is to be applied to the final paper and submitted via

the Research Paper (FINAL) assignment link in Blackboard.