Assignment for nursing research

SCHOLARLY PAPER (30% of final grade)

GUIDELINES: Each STUDENT will hand in one formal paper about a nurse theorist and the theory. The paper is to be a five to six (5-6) pages total (double-spaced, 12 font, 1 inch margins). Papers submitted longer than 6 pages (excluding references and cover sheet) will not be read. Please less than 15 persent of similarity. It will go thru turning to check plagiarism.

Follow APA guidelines for a cover sheet, headers, pagination, references, etc.

Use APA format and label each section using the evaluation outline below.

The criteria guidelines below will be used to evaluate your paper. Each paper will graded on a 100 point scale.

Components of the Paper and possible points

SECTION POINTS POSSIBLE

Introduction

• Identification of theorist including 10

a brief background of the theorist

Analysis of basic components/concepts

and major relationships in the theory.

• I suggest you use the two peer reviewed/research

references from your annotated bibliography and 30

perhaps another secondary source from one of

your texts about a selected nursing theorist.

• You must have a minimum of 3 references from

nursing literature (only one from a secondary

source/text) to support your discussion in this section.

Relevance

a. Personal relevance of any of the author described

(connect the theorist to the theory) 30

b. Relevance to healthcare and the client discussed

c. Application to research and/or practice provided

Summary

• Include theory strengths and limitation in the 20

summary

Format 10

• Precise APA style and professional writing

Total: 100