Role of the Professional Nurse in Health Policy
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St. Thomas University
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Role of the Professional Nurse in Health Policy
Type your introduction here (and remove these instructions). Although the first paragraph after the paper title is the introduction, no heading labeled “Introduction” is used. The best practice for a concise introduction is to (a) introduce the paper’s topic and establish its importance, (b) express a clear purpose statement for the paper (usually one that mirrors the assignment purpose), and (c) provide a mini-outline of the paper’s content in sentence format (often reflecting the Level 1 headings). See the American Psychological Association’s (APA, 2020) Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition) for further guidance in standard English writing style and formatting a professional paper.
Health Policy
Begin to type the body of your paper here. Use as many paragraphs as needed to cover the content appropriately. Often the content can be guided by the assignment’s grading rubric and the assignment guidelines. The best practice for constructing a paragraph is to build each one using the MEAL Plan format. The four components of the MEAL Plan paragraph are (a) M ain idea (only one per paragraph), (b) E vidence (scholarly reference citation, experience, etc.), (c) A nalysis (discussion or explanation of the main idea and the evidence), and (d) L ink (connect to the main idea, the paper’s topic, or the next paragraph’s content). Note that the L ink component may not always be needed or used.
Role of the Professional Nurse in Health Policy
When required by the paper’s content or the assignment guidelines, use a level 2 heading to organize the ideas or material within the level 1 heading’s section. Each paragraph within the section should conform to the MEAL Plan format.
Action Plan for Nurses’ Involvement in Health Policy
When required by the paper’s content or the assignment guidelines, use a level 2 heading to organize the ideas or material within the level 1 heading’s section. Each paragraph within the section should conform to the MEAL Plan format.
Conclusion
Papers should end with a conclusion or summary. The assignment directions will specify which is required; if not specified, use the heading, “Conclusion.” The conclusion should be concise and contain no new information or details. The best conclusions will recap the paper’s purpose, reflecting the purpose statement in the introduction. Conclusions will also remind the reader of the paper’s organization (or mini-outline from the introduction). Typically, it will draw major conclusions from the body of your paper and summarize the importance of the topic.
No matter how much space remains on the page, the references always start on a separate page. In most Microsoft Word programs, you can insert a page break after the conclusion so that the references will begin on a new page. One easy way to do this is to press “CTRL + Enter” simultaneously after the conclusion is finished.
References
Type your references in alphabetical order here using hanging indentions. See the APA (2020) Manual for reference formatting.
American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.).
American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). http://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000
Note: An APA (2020) 7th edition reference has four ordered components: (a) author, (b) publication date, (c) title of work, and (d) source (the retrieval information for the work). If the author is the source, it is not relisted. Geographical locations are not listed. Hard copy sources without a doi or http addresses will not include these (See APA 7th edition listing above).
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