Marijuana for Pain (Health, Medicine, Nursing Essay)

The purpose of the assignment is to write a formal APA paper that demonstrates the student’s ability to research a topic that has nursing and health implications and critically appraise published research findings that may be used as the basis for clinical nursing practice. Ethical dilemmas, the nurse’s role in helping patients and families, professional identity and accountability, and core nursing values are to be used as frameworks for deciding whether to recommend a particular complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a valid treatment or quackery. Students explore significant methods for protecting and maintaining a healthy environment as part of a culminating class project in which the focus is responsible citizenship.
The final paper will be submitted through Turn-It-In located in Assignment Section of the Blackboard Course Site and a second BlackBoard site for grading. Papers that have been submitted for another course are not acceptable. Papers with a 20% or greater match will be investigated.
Directions for Writing Final Paper
Length of the final paper must be Five (5) content pages (not including cover page or reference page) this is minimum and maximum. Papers less or more than 5 content pages by half a page will receive points deductions. There must be at least four (4) recent (within 5 years) references from scholarly sources (NO websites) and APA 7th Edition formal writing style is required. Also a writing center appointment is required. Papers without the writing center appointment will receive a 0.
The final paper will include the following sections/headings:
Introduction: Define the topic, the general context of the issue, the history, cultural, and/or importance of the topic to your readers, and purposes of the paper;
Literature Review: Summary of findings in the literature regarding the topic, specific problems defined by experts in the field, assumptions which frame the problems related to the topic, and issues that need further investigation. In this section you must demonstrate two dimensions of wellness (emotional, physical, social, mental, spiritual, environmental health) that the topic promotes. You are required to select at least three research articles on your topic. This will establish scientific foundation of the complementary and alternative medicine you are writing about.
Discussion of Findings: Critical appraisal of the evidence: strengths, weaknesses, is the evidence strong enough to make a patient care decision on or is more research needed? Is the CAM at least without significant risks if not actually proven? Conclusions may only be drawn from the information that you included in the literature review. The student must address as to whether the CAM should be recommended to patients based on the information you include in the paper.
Conclusions: Summary and the most important points from each section of the paper
References in APA 7th edit ion style. At least three of the scholarly references must be research studies.
This paper must be new original work. You may not use a topic related to any paper that you submitted for another course including (ENG 305, ENG 305T, NURS 450, NURS 330) or any other course.

Category
Introduction, scope of the issue, purpose of the paper
Well thought out intro, contains scope and purpose
20 points
Succinct discussion, contains scope and purpose 15 points
Brief discussion or only contains 1 (scope or purpose)
10 points
No intro or so brief has no meaningful contribution. 0 points
Literature Review; Quality of research references; including 2 dimensions of wellness
Well thought out discussion, including 2 dimensions of wellness
80 points
Succinct discussion, including 2 dimensions of wellness
60 points
Brief discussion, including 1 dimensions of wellness
40 points
No discussion or so brief has no meaningful contribution.
0 points
Discussion and critical appraisal of findings (based on literature review you presented). Would you recommend to a patient?
Well thought out discussion, answers the question
40 points
Succinct discussion, answers the question
30 points
Brief discussion, does not answer the question
20 points
No discussion or so brief has no meaningful contribution
0 points
Conclusion
Well thought out summarize of topic and findings
20 points
Succinct summarization, doesn’t cover topic or findings 15 points
Brief summarization, doesn’t cover topic or findings 10 points
No conclusion or so brief has no meaningful contribution 0 points
APA 7th ED style Grammar and structure
6 or less APA/ Grammar mistakes
40 points
6-12 APA/ Grammar mistakes 30 points
12-18 APA/ Grammar mistakes 20 points
18 + APA/ Grammar mistakes 0 points
Writing Center Appointment
Complete
Not complete- 0 points for entire paper
Less than 20% similarity on TurnItIn
Complete
Not complete- 0 points for entire paper