Write clearly and effectively.
Write clearly, focus on a well-defined purpose, use APA conventions of structure, and adopt a voice, tone, and level of formality suited to the audience.
Writing and the nursing discipline
Demonstrate an understanding of writing in the nursing discipline as a strategy for effectively communicating with others and as a way of learning and demonstrating what one has learned.
Productive writing processes
Demonstrate productive writing processes, which include developing ethically sound and persuasive arguments; organizing content to enhance logical flow of ideas; revising; editing grammar, word usage, spelling, and punctuation; proofreading; seeking and using peer review; properly citing sources to avoid plagiarism; and writing successive drafts of the same paper.
APA conventions of structure
Write clearly, focus on a well-defined purpose, use APA conventions of structure, and adopt a voice, tone, and level of
- Demonstrate the ability to speak publicly and deliver effective presentations.
- Engage in reflective thinking to clarify personal moral and ethical values.
- Analyze ethical dilemmas faced by nurses in clinical practice; identify ethical principles, ethical theories, and common fallacies in thought; provide rationale for possible decisions through thinking and writing critically.
- Use knowledge of ethics and communication skills to resolve ethical dilemmas with an interdisciplinary team.
Public speaking
Demonstrate the ability to speak publicly and deliver effective presentations.
Reflective thinking
Engage in reflective thinking to clarify personal moral and ethical values.
Ethical dilemmas faced by nurses
Analyze ethical dilemmas faced by nurses in clinical practice; identify ethical principles, ethical theories, and common fallacies in thought; provide rationale for possible decisions through thinking and writing critically.
Ethics and communication
- Use knowledge of ethics and communication skills to resolve ethical dilemmas with an interdisciplinary team.
