Assignment Description

Students have the opportunity to choose between one of two topics (listed below) and become an expert in that topic, writing an eight-page literature

review (11-12 pages including the title page, abstract page, and reference sheet(s) at the end) addressing the most important things that the student learned

from reviewing the research and other information on the subject. Students may choose topics related to either (1) sexuality within marriage, or (2) family

finance. Students are encouraged to narrow their research topic to a specific topic related to one of these two categories (i.e., communication regarding

sexuality in marriage, how pornography affects marriage, communication regarding money in marriage, husband and wife differences in money behavior,

etc.).

What should your paper look like? You will pick a topic such as “How Pornography Affects Marriage,” for example. Then you will organize your paper by

subtopics, such as (1) How pornography affects husbands in marriage, (2) wives in marriage, and (3) children in the family. For the husband section, you will

find all of the articles that you can in which the researchers have studied how pornography affects husbands, and you will review and write a review of that

literature (i.e., “This is what these researchers have to say about this topic, and this is what these other researchers have to say about this topic”), and then

you will move on to the next subtopic, such as “how pornography affects wives in marriage”, and review all of the literature on that topic and write a review

based on what many articles say about that specific topic. All of the subheadings in your paper should be related to the main topic, which is, in this example,

“How pornography affects marriage.”

The paper should be double-spaced, times new roman, 12 point font, 1-inch margins. The title page, abstract, and reference pages do NOT count toward the

number of pages. KEEP IT to 8 WRITTEN PAGES. NO MORE, NO LESS.

Students are expected to find at least twelve, but preferably 15 or more different scholarly peer-reviewed research articles published in professional journals

that they will use to review in their paper and document on their reference sheet in APA format. Website references, magazine articles, news articles, or

books are NOT allowed as references, only scholarly peer-reviewed articles that have been published in professional journals will count toward

the total number of references. This is not a persuasive argument type of paper, but a project in which students learn from scholarly, peer-reviewed

research articles, and then report the information (in their own words) that they have found. At the end of the paper, students should take the final page

(eighth written page) to explain their opinion as to why this topic is important, why there should be more studies on this topic, and/or final major points to

consider, in a final section with the heading “Discussion.”

It is highly recommended that students begin this project early in the semester and approach the instructor with any questions as they are working on the

project to ensure that it is completed correctly and completely. For this final project, no papers will be accepted late, and no corrections may be made after

submitting the project.

References should be cited within the paper as the information is presented (according to APA guidelines). Your in-text citations should look like this after

you are done paraphrasing information from an article (Smith, 2014). The in-text citation is simply the author’s late name and year the article was published.

At the end of the paper (not included in the eight pages), students should use the reference page where they list all of the sources that they used to obtain

information for the research paper. This reference page should be written in APA format (see template).

IMPORTANT: Students will save their project as a .pdf file and submit the completed project via Canvas. Students use a variety of different programs to type

their papers. Saving the project as a .pdf file makes them all uniform so that we can open all files that are submitted. If your file is saved as a Word (.doc) or

text (.txt) file, or anything other than .pdf, your file will not be accepted by canvas. An easy way to save your file is to use google docs to type your paper, and

then save the file as a .pdf file. You are responsible to figure out how to save your file in the correct format before the due date so that you do not run into

any last minute drama because you can’t figure out how to save the file correctly. Plan ahead and get it done correctly or your paper will not be accepted.

Instructions to search for scholarly, peer-reviewed articles: (Note: You may need to be connected to the campus internet to have access to the database, or

you may need to login with your Snow College Username and Password. Please call snow college (435-283-7000) if you are having problems accessing

 What are social determinants of health?  Explain how social determinants of health contribute to the development of disease.  Describe the fundamental idea that the communicable disease chain model is designed to represent. Give an example of the steps a nurse can take to break the link within the communicable disease chain 

Forward the topic of the health policy paper to faculty at the end of Week One,

Health policy unfolds daily and drives clinical practice in the US. The student will investigate current policies or legislation underway for a specific health-related issue. The Student will develop a scholarly APA formatted paper supported by evidence. The policy paper rubric:

Introduction to population or problem (incidence, prevalence, epidemiology, cost burden etc)

Description of how the policy is intended for a specific population, program or organization

Specific legislators involved in the policy development and dissemination

Identify the role of the APRN in assisting with the policy or refuting the policy – this requires the evidence to support opinion, ideas and/or concepts.

Discuss how the policy influences clinical practice and is used to promote best outcomes

Examine how the policy can be used by the interprofessional team to ensure coordinated and comprehensive care for the specific population

Conclusion – summarize findings

APA format – use of primary peer-reviewed references as much as possible

 

Please answer the following Discussion Question.  Please be certain to answer the two questions on this week DQ and to provide a well-developed and complete answer to receive credit.  Also, please ensure to have read the assigned chapters for the current week. 

Case Study, Chapter 18, Academic Integrity in Nursing Education: Is it Declining?

A group of nursing students are in the middle of an exam when two students witness another student pull out his phone and look up answers. Neither student informs the faculty member but after the exam they discuss what they witnessed.

1. Describe the most common forms of cheating in the classroom and in the clinical area.

2. What should the nursing students do in regard to what they witnessed during the exam? Why is it important for them to do anything?