Week 10 : essay

Akper 2016

Essay
An essay consists more than one paragraph. It can have many purposes, but the basic
structure is the same no matter what. You may be writing an essay to argue for a particular
point of view or to explain the steps necessary to complete a task. Either way, your essay will
have the same basic format. If you follow a few simple steps, you will find that the essay
almost writes itself. You will be responsible only for supplying ideas, which are the important
part of the essay anyway.
The following is the outline of a paragraph:
Paragraph 1:

introduction paragraph
(Thesis statement is in the last sentence reflecting what is stated in the
body paragraph. It consists of topic and controlling idea)

Paragraph 2 so on: the body

Last paragraph:

conclusion paragraph

Example:
NURSING ROLE
Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health and illness and therefore
focuses on a broad array of phenomena. Professional nurses who work in institutional, communityoriented, or community- based settings have three major roles: the practitioner role, which includes
providing care, teaching, and collaborating; the leadership role; and the research role. Although each
role carries specific responsibilities, these roles are characteristic of all nursing positions, relate to
one another, and are designed to meet the immediate and future needs of consumers who are the
recipients of nursing care. Often, nurses act in a combination of roles to provide comprehensive
patient care. Thus, there are three kinds of nurse role; practitioner role, leadership role, and research
role.
First, the practitioner role involves those actions taken by nurses to meet the health care and
nursing needs of individual patients, their families, and significant others. This role is a dominant one
for nurses in primary, secondary, and tertiary health care settings and in home care and community
nursing. It is achieved through use of critical thinking, clinical judgment, and the nursing process, all
of which are key tools for nursing practice. Nurses help patients meet their needs by using direct
intervention, by teaching patients and family members to perform care, and by coordinating and
collaborating with other disciplines to provide needed services.
Next, the leadership role is often viewed as a role assumed by nurses who have titles that
suggest leadership and who are the leaders of large groups of nurses or related health care
professionals. However, because of the constant fluctuation of health care delivery demands and
consumers, a broader definition of nursing leadership, one that identifies the leadership role as
inherent within all nursing positions, is required. The leadership role involves those actions that
nurses execute when they assume responsibility for the actions of others directed toward determining
and achieving patient care goals. Many staff nurses now work in settings where they are held
accountable for the nursing care delivered by unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs) who work under
their direct supervision. Nursing leadership involves four components: decision making, relating,
influencing, and facilitating. Each of these components promotes change and the ultimate outcome of
goal achievement. Basic to the entire process is effective communication, which determines the
success of the process and achievement of goals. The components of the leadership process are

appropriate during all phases of the nursing process and in all settings. A new role, the clinical nurse
leader (CNL) is a nurse generalist with a masters degree in nursing and a special background in
clinical leadership to help patients navigate through complex health care systems (American
Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN], 2007).
The primary task of nursing research is to contribute to the scientific base of nursing practice.
Studies are needed to determine the effectiveness of nursing interventions and nursing care. The
science of nursing grows through research, leading to the generation of scientifically based rationale
for nursing practice and patient care. This process is the basis of EBP, with a resultant increase in the
quality of patient care. The research role is considered to be a responsibility of all nurses in clinical
practice. Nurses are constantly alert for nursing problems and important issues related to patient care
that can serve as a basis for the identification of researchable questions. Nurses with a background in
research methods can use their research knowledge and skills to initiate and implement timely,
relevant studies. Nurses directly involved in patient care are often in the best position to identify
potential research problems and questions, and their clinical insights are invaluable. Nurses
also have a responsibility to become actively involved in ongoing research studies. This may involve
facilitating the data collection process, or it may include actual collection of data. Explaining the
study to patients and their families and to other health care professionals is often of invaluable
assistance to the researcher who is conducting the study.
Above all, nurses must be good in performing their task, should lead their team well, and
become a researcher in order to improve the field their work. Nurses must continually be aware of
studies that are directly related to their own area of clinical practice and critically analyze those
studies to determine the applicability of their implications for specific patient populations. Relevant
conclusions and implications can be used to improve patient care.

MAKE THE OUTLINE OF THE ESSAY: