Ohio State University Medical Center Nursing Essay

Overview:

Creating an outline of a paper assists the author in organizing the content of the paper. It allows the author the opportunity to discover what ideas fit together well and which ones need additional clarification. The more detailed the outline the easier it will be to write the final paper.

Review first sample outline at https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html

Note: There can be no fewer than two (2) subheadings beneath any heading. See the example in the Instructional Materials folder for Module 5.

Instructions

1. You are to create an alphanumeric outline of the final paper.
2. Main headings will include one heading titled Introduction and one titled Conclusion. Other main headings will address major concepts in your thinking.
3. The outline is to provide the logical progression of the ideas and points you will make in the final paper. Items do not need to be in complete sentences.
4. The outline is to have at least two (2) peer reviewed references. You do NOT need to include in-text citations in the outline, but you will need to include a reference list on a separate page to give credit to the original author of the information. References MUST be in proper APA Manual 7th edition format.
5. Include a properly formatted student APA Manual 7th edition title page
7. QUESTION 2
9. MODULE 7
10. Informative and Persuasive Paper
11. Overview
12. The final project for NRSES 3700J is a paper of about 1500
    words (approximately six [6] pages). The paper is due in the last module of the
    course (Module 7). The paper has two purposes:
13. 1. The first purpose is to inform the audience about a
    health issue that exists in the country/community selected in Module 1 and
    reaffirmed in Module 3.
14. 2. The second purpose
    is to persuade the audience that a specified intervention (or interventions)
    would address the health issue in a positive way.
16. Instructions
17. 1. The paper is to be approximately six (6) pages in length
    excluding the title page and the references cited page.
18. 2. The chosen health issue is to be compared to a similar
    issue in the United States (US). Use the following questions/topics to focus
    the paper
    . 2.1 Discuss the health issue in the selected country/community
19. What is it? •

Who is impacted? •

Why is the chosen
health issue important? •

What are the
consequences of not addressing the health issue? •

Identify the two (2)
or three (3) social determinants of health that have the most impact on the
chosen health issue. Explain the influence.

2.2 Is the same
health issue present in the US?

20. Who does the health issue impact in the US?
21. Compare the size of the health issue in the US with that
    in the selected country/community.
22. What is similar about the health issue in the two
    countries?
23. What is different about the health issue in the two
    countries?
24. Identify the two (2) or three (3) social determinants of
    health that have an impact on the chosen health issue in the US. Explain the
    influence of each.
25. If the health issue does not exist in the US, explain the
    reasons for this being so.

2.3 Identify an
intervention (or interventions) that could address the identified health issue.
There is no specified number of interventions required, but if education is
chosen as an intervention it cannot be the only intervention.

• In what ways, if
any, would the proposed interventions differ between the selected
country/community and the US?

• If the intervention
in the two countries would not differ, explain why they would not.

Module 7

Final Paper,
continued

26. Identify the connection between the social determinants of
    health, the health issue, and the intervention(s).

• Persuade the
audience that the identified intervention(s) would be useful in addressing the
chosen health issue. Again, education cannot be the only intervention, but it
can be used in combination with other interventions.

Technical Aspects of
the Paper

1. DO NOT include an abstract.

2. The paper must
include:

2.1 A title page formatted according to the student title
page information in the APA Manual 7th edition. 2.2 An introduction that
includes a thesis statement.

2.3 The body of the
paper supports the thesis organizes and fleshes out the main ideas, and topics
are sequenced so the follow of the thinking/writing makes sense.

2.4 A conclusion.

3. Include a minimum of five (5) references. References must
be no older than five (5) years (unless you are using a seminal or classical
piece of literature to make a specific point). References need to be on a References
Cited page following the actual paper.

Acceptable references include peer-reviewed databases,
peer-reviewed journal articles, textbook materials, and any source that has
been peer reviewed. References that are not acceptable include, but are not
limited to: UpToDate, Epocrates, Medscape, WebMD, hospital organization
publications, insurance recommendations, and secondary clinical databases. Do
NOT include the annotated bibliography.

4. Use the Times New
Roman or Arial font in size 12; one (1) inch margins on all sides; double
spaced throughout according to the format of the APA Manual 7th edition.

5. Use APA Manual 7th
edition formatting throughout the paper.

Previous Assignments that May Be Useful

1. Choice of country/community

2. NGO Business Letter

3. SDOH Impact Analysis and Email

4. Introduction to
Final Paper

5. Outline of Final
Paper

6. Annotated Bibliography

7. Patient Education
Material. Patient Education Material

Purpose, Audience, and Context in Academic Writing

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