Research Topic and Outline

1. The final project for this course is a Research Paper. The first two assignments will help you find the tools needed to prepare and gradually build your final research paper. The research paper for this course will be argumentative. The argumentative research paper requires you to take a position on an issue and support the position with persuasive facts and statements.
2. First, select a Research Paper TOPIC that can be assessed using health care economics principles.

The following topics the issue you are going to discuss.

• Impact of diabetes on healthcare costs

1. Second, provide your research paper with the following OUTLINE (Your final paper assignment should include a detail explanation of this outline):

a. Introduction -Your introduction should give a brief overview of the topic you are going to discuss. The last sentence of your introduction section should be your thesis statement. Your thesis statement should start with – The purpose of this paper is to…..

b. Body of paper – The body of your paper should organize how you plan to address each required section of the paper. Each supporting item is then broken down into smaller supporting items.

• An overview of the issue
• Why is this issue a concern from a health care economics perspective?
• Who are the major parties involved in this issue?
• Which market forces have an impact on this issue?
• How is demand illustrated in this issue?
• How is supply illustrated in this issue?
• How has the affordable care act impacted this issue?
• How are health disparities demonstrated in this issue?
• How has this issue been improved in other global markets?
• What is your recommendation for making improvements based on economic principles?

c. Conclusion – The conclusion of your paper should summarize your thesis statement and the supporting items discussed in your paper. In this outline, please indicate what you expect the finding to be.

d. References – Provide list of five (5) bibliographic references (using APA format). Your final research paper will require seven (7) bibliographic references. (You may use your textbook as a reference and you should have a minimum of 6 academic outside references including 3 peer-reviewed journal articles

1) Minimum 9 full pages (Follow the 3 x 3 rule: minimum three paragraphs per part)

              Part 1: Minimum 1 page

              Part 2: minimum 3 pages

              Part 3: minimum 1 page

              Part 4: minimum 3 pages 

              Part 5: minimum 1page

Submit 1 document per part

2)¨******APA norms

          All paragraphs must be narrative and cited in the text- each paragraphs

          Bulleted responses are not accepted

          Dont write in the first person 

          Dont copy and pase the questions.

          Answer the question objectively, do not make introductions to your answers, answer it when you start the paragraph

         Submit 1 document per part

3)****************************** It will be verified by Turnitin (Identify the percentage of exact match of writing with any other resource on the internet and academic sources, including universities and data banks) 

********************************It will be verified by SafeAssign (Identify the percentage of similarity of writing with any other resource on the internet and academic sources, including universities and data banks)

4) Minimum 3 references per part not older than 5 years

           Part 2: Minimum 6 references per part not older than 5 years (Blogs and encyclopedias are not admitted)

           Part 4: Minimum 6 references per part not older than 5 years (Blogs and encyclopedias are not admitted)

5) Identify your answer with the numbers, according to the question. Start your answer on the same line, not the next

Example:

Q 1. Nursing is XXXXX

Q 2. Health is XXXX

6) You must name the files according to the part you are answering: 

Example:

Part 1.doc 

Part 2.doc 

__________________________________________________________________________________

Part 1: Community Nursing

You are a school nurse in a middle school when Jamal comes to the nurse’s office requesting medication for a headache. You notice that his eyes are red, and it appears as if he has been crying. You ask if he is hurt, but he denies it. The phone rings in the office, and a teacher tells you that a female student has approached her concerned about Jamal. The teacher tells you that Jamal sent her a text message saying that he flunked his biology examination and wished he was dead.

1. If Jamal shared with you a suicide plan that includes harming himself with a weapon, what would be your first nursing intervention?

2. What educational program would you develop for the middle school to educate students about ways to cope with stress and how to respond if a friend needs support?

Part 2: Community Nursing 2

 Topic: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome  

a. Introduction (general)

b. Introduction of the disease / problem 

c. Signs and symptoms and diagnosis of the disease

d. Factors that may have contributed to the emergence or reemergence of this infectious diseases

e. Mention the goals of Healthy People 2020 to reduce this infection / Prevention and control of the disease / Infection Control Guidelines.

f. CDC (priority for public health) response to this specific infectious disease 

g. Thought about emerging antibiotic -resistant microorganisms

h. Role as a community health nurse 

i. Explain  3 Research studies (eviewed journal articles) about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome  

j. Conclusion

Part 3: Complementary nursing

 Topic:  Shamans, Faith and Prayer

1. Do you consider yourself a spiritual or religious person? Explain why? 

2. What is the importance of your faith in your daily life?  

Part 4: Crisis Nursing Intervention

 Topic:   PTSD 

1. What is PTSD?

2. Statistics 

3. Diagnostic criteria / Categorization

4. Physiological Responses

5. Maladaptive Patterns 

6. Interventions / Treatments (pharmacological and non-pharmacological)

7.  Other considerations in the management of _________ (including but not limited to management of behaviors, family considerations, challenges in the care of patients with this disorder.

8. conclusion

Part 5: Nursing and aging

 Topic:  Mobility and Neurologic Function

1. Describing two (2) of the normal age-related changes that produce challenges in maintaining physical activity in the elderly.

      a. Discuss two (2) physical activities that can enhance health in this population about point 1.

2. Identify two (2) signs and symptoms of TIA versus CVA. 

     a. How are your interventions the same or different?

Instructions for Answer to 2 Question

1- After Each DQ (question), write down references

2- 300 minimum words for every DQ, you can go up to 800 words but answer should be complete.

3- 2-3 Peer Reviewed/ scholarly references for each question

4- References should be within 4 years

5- I am in acute care nurse practitioner program.

6- The response to the DQ is expected to be a minimum of 300 words. A minimum of two peer reviewed/ scholarly  resources are expected. These need to be appropriate for a clinical professional to guide decisions about patient care. If a textbook is used for one of these responses, the other needs to be journal or professional-level website. The references need to be correctly formatted, as do the citations for those references.  “ Question words” don’t count towards 300 minimum count”

 Compare and contrast your personal communication style with your professional communication style. 

1. Discuss how you would teach a male to do a STE, and a female how to do a SBE.

2. Please provide a definition for the following terms:

     Flexion, Extension, Supination, Pronation, Eversion, Inversion, abduction and adduction

3. It is important to know ones self prior to caring for others. Please describe one of your internal conflicts and what you can do about it?

4. Please describe the different ages and the risks associated with concussions

5. Please document a how you would do a complete musculoskeletal assessment.

This is an essay exam. Please answer the following questions. Each question is worth 25points. You must use your own words.