Professional Paper

Directions: Nursing students and nurses play many roles from the time they start nursing school through the end of their nursing career and beyond. You are to select one of the following nursing roles and follow the instructions below to write an APA paper. If there is a nursing role that you would rather explore but not listed below, you can go for it.

** Professional Nursing Behaviors/Roles:

Teacher, Communicator, Leader, Advocate, Counselor, Researcher, Manager.

** Introduction: Identified and clearly stated the focus or position of the author for the paper’s topic. Included major points to be covered and provided the reader a sense of how they would be organized in the body of the paper.

** Body of the paper:

Incorporated the following elements in the body of the paper:

• Discussed the importance of nursing roles with an emphasis on the selected topic. Supported viewpoint using a scholarly article.
• Discussed how professional nurses developed the selected topic. Supported viewpoint using a scholarly article.
• Outlined a plan of how you could develop and maintain the selected topic. Supported viewpoint using a scholarly article.
• Discussed the consequences of not exhibiting the selected behavior, including its impact on the school and the workplace. Supported viewpoint using a scholarly article.

** Conclusion: Clearly restated the focus and position. Complete summary of the important points made in the paper. Final sentence grabbed the attention of the reader

References, APA format:

At least 2 references. Correct APA format for paper (title page, numbering, running heading, citations, and reference page, appendices).