Professional Paper APA FORMAT
Chamberlain College of Nursing NR351 Transitions in Professional Nursing
Professional Paper Worksheet Template
Student Name: Date:3/14/16
Directions:
Carefully read the Professional Paper Worksheet Guidelines found in Doc Sharing. This provides specific details on how to complete this assignment.
Rename this document by clicking Save As. Change the file name so it reads Your Last Name Professional Paper Worksheet.docx. For example, if your last name is Smith, type “Smith Professional Paper Worksheet.docx”.
Save the document as a .docx file in Microsoft Word 2010 or later.
Type your name and date at the top of this template.
Type your answers directly on the template. Follow all instructions on this Template and the Guidelines document (including the Rubric). Save frequently to prevent loss of your work.
Submit to the Dropbox by the end of Week 3, Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT.
Post questions about this assignment to the Q & A Forum so your classmates can read the advice, too. You may also e-mail questions to your instructor.
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Item Instructions |
Type your answers below |
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Approved Paper Topic (from Week 1 Assignment): Clearly state the Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competency topic that was approved as your topic in Week 1 Assignment. |
Professionalism |
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Page numbers in Hood textbook on your topic: Clearly state page numbers in Hood textbook that correspond to the selected topic. |
Chapter 1: pp. 6-13 |
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Reference for Journal Article: Create a reference for the article selected using correct APA format including: authors, year, article title, journal name, volume number, issue number, page numbers, italics, parentheses, punctuation, line spacing, and hanging indent. |
Michiko, T., Yoshikazu, Y., & Rieko, K. (2014). Nursing professionalism: A national survey of professionalism among Japanese Nurses. International Journal of nursing practice, 20, 579-587. Please review the corrected reference and compare to yours. This is a great article to use. |
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Quotation with Citation: Type a quotation (10–25 words) from selected article using correct APA citation including quotation marks, authors’ names, year, page numbers, and parentheses. Do not use words or ideas the authors cited from another source. |
Michiko, Yoshikazu, and Reiko (2014) claimed “health-care providers demonstrate professionalism by attitudes, knowledge and behavior that reflect a multifaceted approach to the regulations, principles and standards underlying successful clinical practices” (p. 580). Please review the difference how to cite at the beginning of a sentence versus at the end of a sentence. All direct quotes must have quotation marks. |
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Paraphrased Area and Citation: State location in article of area to be paraphrased (paragraph and page number). Type appropriately paraphrased version using correct APA citation including authors’ names, year, and parentheses. Do not use words or ideas that the authors cited from another source. |
Location: (Pg. 579, paragraph 1) Health-care providers display professionalism by embracing regulations, principles and standards of clinical practices in their behavior, knowledge and attitudes (Michiko et al., 2014, 579). Please review how to cite what the rules are when citing a source with three or more authors. Review this please because you have to know this. |
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Professional Paper Outline: Develop outline for professional paper including introduction, 2 main topics, and conclusion (all with excellent subtopics as required on Template). Excellent detail and depth used. |
Introduction · Professionalism refers to the standard of behavior expected of a member of a certain profession and that behavior is guided by the profession’s goals and qualities. · Professional nursing is important since it increases a patient’s chance of survival. Professionalism and education · It has been noted that professionalism increases with increase in the level of education of the nurse. · Nurses holding degrees or higher education have been shown to increase patient survival rate by 5% in the first month of hospital stay and that increase also applies to the chance of rescue. Improving professionalism · Policy modification to allow nurses autonomy to disperse their duties to the best of their abilities is one of the ways to improve professionalism. · Improving working conditions for the nurses would give them incentive to be as professional as possible. · Increasing education requirements for nurses or having training programs would go a long way to improve professionalism.
Conclusion · Professionalism is vital for the efficient care of patients and for this virtue to improve, the various factors affecting it must be addressed and conscious steps taken towards change. · Professionalism is either present or absent but its presence or absence makes a huge difference when it comes to the delivery of care. The headers should be centered per APA. Please review this. |
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