Description
TOPICAL RESEARCH PROJECT-INDIVIDUAL WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT
PURPOSE
To enable the student to identify, research, and analyze a leadership or management issue based on a given clinical situation.
FORMAT
This project includes a paper to demonstrate critical thinking skills and an understanding of the principles and dynamics of a simulated clinical situation.
The paper will include material derived from:
the questions/cues posed within the situation; This means your specific topic and what you discussed with the person you and your partner interviewed.
research–a minimum of 3 recent (within the last 5 years) professional resources–journal articles, the Internet (may NOT use any textbook);
your own personal experience in situation or similar situation; and
professional interview of an LVN or an RN who started his/her career as an LVN: This means your specific topic and what you discussed with the person you and your partner interviewed.
For example, if your topic is Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing, you would discuss the ethical situation that you chose to write about and what was the discussion you had with the nurse that you and your partner interviewed.
Within the body of the paper, the student must:
address all cues or questions posed on the individual assignment;
incorporate research (from at least 3 sources), personal experience and professional interview data;
demonstrate critical thinking by explaining how you arrived at your decision/outcome;
fully describe the steps you took and what your reasoning included to bring you to the solution; and
identify the relevance of the general topic to California Nursing Practice and your own future professional practice.
The paper must be written in a professional NARRATIVE STYLE, with appropriate headings identifying content. Papers which only address the issues / cues in question / answer style will not be accepted for evaluation.
LITERARY STANDARDS
The paper will be typed in APA style. The body of the paper must be at least four pages. The bibliography must contain at least three references. At least two of the three required references should be journal articles or information from the Internet.
