INTENSIVE WRITING ASSIGNMENT

INTENSIVE WRITING ASSIGNMENT

[PSYCHOSOCIAL NURSING PAPER]

Part 1: Describe a patient perspective of a psychosocial experience (Generalized Anxiety Disorder)

In first person (you) narrative voice, describe the current patient experience—signs, symptoms, impact, any stimuli, current treatment.

Provide background information—past history, treatment perceived, personal and environmental strengths and deficits

Part I (revised) plus

Part 2.• Interventions

Describe two western health care (traditional) interventions that may be incorporated to address patient’s health alternative described in part I. Provide rationale citing a source for each (sources must be journal articles published within past 5 years)

Describe one complementary therapy modality that may be used in this situation. Provide a rationale and cite a source for this intervention (source must be journal articles published within past 5 years)

Part I (revised) plus Part 2 (revised) plus

Part 3: Nurse as Healer

Describe the concept of presence or caring. Cite a source (source must be journal articles published within past 5 years)

Describe a first person (you) narrative of a nurse incorporating presence or caring in his/her practice with the patient you described in part I

Papers must use APA guidelines and be submitted in a WORD document

Part 1 is a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 1 1/2 pages in length

Part 2 is a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 3 pages in length

Part 3 is a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 2 pages in length

Papers must include at least four (4) journal articles published within the past 5 years. There should be, at a minimum, one scholarly citation for each of the following points: each intervention (3), and either caring or presence (I). You can add additional citations as needed. The text book is NOT a scholarly source. Direct quotes are not acceptable and must be paraphrased using your own words.

This paper is submitted in 3 separate sections. Parts 1 and 2 are edited drafts and will be retuned for revisions. The final paper (Part 3) consists of Parts 1 and 2 with revisions and Part 3. The final grade is the sum of all 3 parts of the paper.

Parts 1,2and 3 must be submitted to Canvas (which has turnitin capabilities)