Nosocomial Infections

Scholarly APA Paper Assignment Guidelines
Topic: The impact of nosocomial infections on the profession of nursing.

Please review the attached Scholarly APA Paper Assignment Guidelines to help you write this paper. Automatic submission to Turnitin.com (plagiarism detection software) has been enabled. Papers with a similarity score greater than 25% will not be accepted.
*FYI: The benchmark at the bottom of the rubric (85%) is for internal faculty use.

Purpose of this project
This paper will provide a forum for the students to demonstrate the use of critical thinking skills in the discussion of issues related the profession of nursing. A forum paper presents new thoughts in response to published materials and sparks debate. It is factually based on data published in the literature. This paper will demonstrate the student’s ability to communicate the findings of the research process to a group of their professional colleagues. The intent of this assignment is for the student to demonstrate the ability to synthesize readings and write clearly using the APA style. Please note – settings within Canvas enable Turnitin.com to scan your final paper submitted under the assignment tab. Papers with a similarity score greater than 25% will not be accepted.
Academic writing is not opinion-based or blog-like in nature. It begins with a thesis and should guide the readers towards an evidence-based solution. The goal is to produce an informed argument based on a variety of viewpoints. Throughout this process you must sort out what you know to be factual from that which you think or feel about the topic

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Project Objectives
By completing this project, the registered nursing student will be able to:
• Discuss the issue and its importance to nursing.
• Examine factors that influence thinking about the issue.
• Consider a variety of viewpoints and identify assumptions that may underlie them.
• Describe the influence of race, gender, and class.
• Examine the impact of legal, spiritual, ethical, and cultural factors.
• Articulate various perspectives, citing the advantages and disadvantage of each.
• Develop each perspective, until the issue is well described from many vantage points.
• Establish and articulate your own opinion after reviewing information from a variety of sources.
• Make judgments, without emotional bias.
• Demonstrate well-rounded critical thinking, incorporating previous knowledge.
• Write clearly, logically, and thoughtfully.
Your paper should be written clearly and succinctly. This means that you should use the minimum number of words necessary to thoroughly explain your topic and incorporate the objectives above. On average, former students have been able to accomplish this in 6 pages, not including title page and references. There is no firm minimum or maximum number of pages. I am more interested in what you have to say and how well you say it.
All due dates for this project are published in the course schedule. Rubrics are located within each assignment link. The assignment tool within the web course will be used to submit the formal paper.