Overview
Library Assignment Instructions for Nursing Students
Objective:
To help you begin thinking critically about mental health, therapeutic communication, and the role of the nurse in supporting patients with mental health disorders.
Instructions:
- Topic Selection: Choose one common mental health disorder that you are interested in (examples: depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or eating disorders). Your topic should be broad enough to allow for an in-depth exploration but narrow enough to be manageable within the scope of an 500-word research paper in APA format. Please keep in mind that the paper will be checked for plagiarism via Turnitin, and similarity about a 25% will not be accepted for submission.
Within a 1–2 page paper addressing the following questions:
- What is the disorder? Describe it in your own words.
- What are the common signs and symptoms?
- What are some physical, emotional, or social effects of the disorder on a patient’s life?
- What are the primary nursing interventions that can help a patient with this disorder?
- How can the nurse build a therapeutic relationship with a patient experiencing this disorder?
Your research paper will be graded based on the following criteria:
- Use of at least 3 scholarly sources published within the last 5 years
- Credibility and relevance of sources
- APA 7 formatting, including in-text citations and reference list
- Introduction
- Literature Review
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- Plagiarism