APA Writing Tips
NU411: Healthcare Issues and Ethics
Levels of headings: Please use level headings to organize your paper. (APA, p. 62, 3.03)
Seriation: Many students have difficulty with keeping ideas in a series of parallel structure and same part of speech (APA, pp. 63-65, 3.04) EX: Correct:
1) working with a team, participating with one other person, standing alone
2) promotion of social justice, activation of support groups, participating in a march
3) write professionally, speak well, dress appropriately
Incorrect
1) work with a team, participating with one other person, to stand alone
2) promote social justice, activation of support groups, be a participant in a march
3) writing professionally, speak well, be sure you are
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Verbs: (APA, p. 77-79, 3.18, 3.19)
Active vs passive voice: Use the active voice of a verb as much as possible – makes for more dynamic writing.
Select tense carefully
Make sure the subject and verb agree in number
Pronouns: It is good to use pronouns to prevent saying the names/items over and over, BUT pronouns can confuse people if it is not clear to what this, that, these, those, they, etc. refers. The reader does not want to have to go back to beginning of paragraph to figure out your reference. Also, each pronoun must agree in number and gender. (APA, p. 79-80, 3.20) EX: cannot use ‘everyone’ (singular), and then later in sentence use ‘their’ (plural).
That vs which: ‘That’ is a restrictive clause that is necessary to the meaning of the sentence, and no commas are used. ‘Which’ is a non-restrictive clause that adds further information to sentence but is not essential to the sentence, and commas should be used. (APA, p. 83 – book says ‘which’ is sometimes uses as a restrictive clause, but not preferred way. If used as a restrictive phrase, would still use comma for ‘which’ and not for
These professionals insightfully designed a writing system that would establish consistent procedures for their writing purposes. The APA style continues to provide standardized formatting for the essentials in writing for grammar, mathematics and tables. Integrating research and correlating the findings into my writing assignments can present challenges. Close attention must be paid to the details of how each contributor’s citation and reference is formatted (Bethel University, 2014). A direct quote has different requirements than a paraphrased quote from a researched source.
Xinyi Yu ENG 150-104 Fall, 2015 Annotated Bibliography on How to Write a Summary Smart English. 2012, November 15. How to Write a summary. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGWO1ldEhtQ This short video introduces how to write an affective summary in academic English.
Article one section two: “The purpose of this organization shall be to create enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote leadership, and to develop character in the students of TCUHS.” The organization I chose to participate and observe it is one that I felt passionate about and would enjoy being a part of. NHS also was known as National Honors society is a high school service learning program. NHS is built on four pillars scholarships, service, leadership, and character. After completing this service learning what makes NHS a nonprofit?
His many rules for writing have brought him great success and have made him one of the best writers of his time. From this memoir, I was able to pick out bad writing habits I have, but I also noticed little things I do that can be stressed more to upgrade my work. With rules from symbolism to adverbs, this book could teach students the best techniques. To best explain King's writing suggestions, he included personal stories and humor to keep readers engaged and interested. The many tips I learned will continue to aid throughout my year as an AP Language and Composition
In the informative book “They Say/I Say,” authors, Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, encourage novice writers to put their writing into a larger conversation, using the claims of other writers on a topic to help their own claims. Graff and Birkenstein share that by starting with what others are saying about your topic, and continuing to return to it, you help your readers follow your writing. Return sentences will remind readers what claim you are responding to, making it easier for them to breeze through your paper without questioning your reason for bringing something up. Because you are responding to claims of other writers, ensuring that you restate a claim before you respond to it keeps readers well on track. When summarizing, it is
To begin with, there has been a dramatic change in the health care system over the years. For instance, Obama care has recently become an active form of private health care for everyone in this country that isn’t undocumented patients. Unfortunately the issue that accompanies health care with undocumented patients that it’s a form of what is right or wrong. Plenty of clinicians consider that to refuse further care a far from primary or emergency care to undocumented patients due to financial reasons; That can come down to ethical issues that concern whether if one person deserves more care than the other (Berlinger, N., & Raghavan, R. ,2013). Undocumented patients can usually be young adults, or children.
The fundamental elements of the information shared in the Unit 1 reading assignment is a very sound advisement for academic or professional writing under any circumstance that an individual may encounter. Utilizing Microsoft Word or a similar application, avoiding slang and similar abbreviating techniques and not supporting your opinions with a reputable source document can cause problems at multiple levels in academic or professional writing (Bethel University, ND). It is my opinion that the tips provided in the Unit 1 Read section of this course demonstrate a very common sense approach to mentoring new students and writers concerning common oversights. Attention to detail and conformance to establish methods are always important while composing
Ethics Statements I shall become closer with my family, by spending more time with them during the week and weekend. I shall study more this year and put more effort into my work and homework. I shall do this by taking more time out of the day to study, and getting my homework done on time. I shall do more for my community by recycling. I shall do this by recycling the cans in my house and making sure my parents do too as well.
In the UK, policies for health, safety and security are not only give positive impact it also creates dilemma in relation to implement. Dilemma refers to a situation in which a difficult choice has to he made between two or more alternatives, especially equally undesirable ones. There are different types of dilemma in safety. This includes * Resource implications
In retrospective, I strongly believe that my parents, my family, my past experiences, and what I 've learned has played an important role in developing my beliefs, what I value, or how I act in a given situation. I believe in veracity, however, will telling the truth cause more harm to a dying person. However, by withholding the truth, am I being honest? Which action will cause more harm telling or withholding the truth? It is a constant struggle, but in this case, I sometimes choose to leave out the truth if the patient does not ask for it.
Our weaknesses and tendencies while composing documents are clearly revealed in the tutorial. As we compose work that frequently relies on the ideas of others, the benefits of understanding our tendencies are indispensable while avoiding plagiarism. Personally, I have decided to capitalize on summarizing and direct quotations, while marginalizing my use of paraphrases. I believe that summarizing requires more analysis of the sources intent, allowing me to effectively continue to strengthen my analytical skills. I intend to utilize short direct quotations in order to provide clarity to my perspective and analysis of the
D-The patient arrived on time for her session and informed this writer that she has decided to remain with the clinic as she learned on her own that no detox facility will accept her because she is testing negative and currently on methadone. The patient further mentioned that she is questioning as to whether or not her sister and her mother would help her as they said they would; however, the patient had a moment and looked back when her family did not help her as she struggled with her children. Furthermore, the patient reports, her sister did not give her the $80.00 for her rent. The patient reports that she had asked some guy for assistance. This writer addressed with the patient about her employment status and money management.
1. Copy a short passage that you found to be interesting and explain why you found it interesting/why it is an example of good writing. “If evenings at the fair were seductive, the nights were ravishing. The lamps that laced every building and walkway produced the most elaborate demonstration of illumination ever attempted and the first large-scale test of alternating current.
Literacy Narrative The journey of self is one of introspection. This requires self-reflection. Words are the embers that smolder within us that when ignited emerge from the depth of chaos.
There are many approaches to writing that, before taking this class, I had never even previously considered using. One such approach is the use of parallel structured sentences. Before the writing prompts in this class, I do not remember ever being taught about parallel structure or how to use it in an essay. Another new approach, that I have learned, is how to write the thesis statement before starting the rest of the paper. Normally when I would write a paper or essay, I would just start writing and see what would come to me.