Nursing healthcare homework

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HSC 2000 Final Paper

Paper Topic:

Now that you have seen most of the professions we will cover this term, I hope you are
prepared to choose one that best fits your personality and goals. The topic for this paper will
be the profession that you are going to pursue after graduation. If you have decided to not
pursue a career in health professions, please choose one of interest to you to write about for
this class. You should write an overview of the profession and the steps you need to take to
enter that career field. The guidelines below should be followed and are the minimum required.
You should write a complete paper with a plan for your future. The goal is to present an
overview of what you need to do to become the professional you want to be and explain in
your own words what you believe that career will be like!

Turnitin is enabled in canvas and will detect anything copied, cut and pasted or ChatGPT
written. All plaigarism including chat GPT written will be counted as academic dishonesty and
result in a zero. If you quote something directly use quotation marks but this can not be more
than a few sentences at most in the entire paper.

General requirements:

Formatting:

• 12 point Times New Roman font

• Single line spacing; no spaces between paragraphs (spaces after headings are OK)

• You must have five labeled sections, see below, followed by your references

• 1” margins on all sides

• No cover sheet

• Do not put your name in the document

You must adhere to the following formatting requirements:

Citations:*
You must use APA or MLA in-text citations within your text to
reference any information that you learned from anywhere. Anything you have learned
about your profession, such as its educational/licensing/etc. requirements or nature of its
work/duties must be cited. You should refer to the course lectures, the guest speakers,
websites, journal articles, licensing boards, trade associations, graduate school websites, and
so on in this paper. It is impossible to complete this assignment correctly without
citations. See here for

how to cite in-text in APA & MLA:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/.

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*Remember, anytime you use the same words/phrases (no matter how short) as the
original source, you must put these words/phrases inside direct quotations and include
page references. All other references to information you obtained
elsewhere must be put fully into your own words and is only then considered
paraphrase, which still requires a citation (see link above). Note: Please see the end of
this document for more instructions on the final reference page.

*No more then 10% of this paper can be taken directly from another source! In other
words even if it is a cited quotation you can not use more then 10% (roughly a few
sentences total) of directly quoted material including charts etc. You obviously must
have sources but you should read them, interpret them, then use your own words to
write this paper. It is your future I want to be sure you understand what you are in for!

Length:

This paper should be no less than three and no more than five pages of
written narrative text. This does not include your reference page. The header you
should use is the word in bold for each section.

Paper Sections:

1. Introduction
• Start your paper with an overview of the purpose of what you are writing about.
• Name the career you are aspiring to, that is select one career
• The career can be one you researched from your two completed Occupational

Research Worksheets
• How long have you wanted to pursue this career?
• Is this the same career you chose at the beginning of this course? If you have

changed your mind, tell the reader what career(s) you were initially considering
and, briefly, your reason(s) for making the switch.

• What aspects of the profession interest you? How well suited to the career do
you believe you are?

2. About the Profession
• Describe what the profession is like on a daily basis—what type of duties will

you have? Answer this generally and specifically.

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o Example 1: If you want to be a doctor, describe that daily life/duties
generally, and then specifically about the type of doctor you want to be.

o Example 2: If you want to pursue a career as a traveling physical
therapist, describe physical therapy duties generally and then, specifically,
what your duties/work life would be like as a traveling physical therapist.

• In this section you should also address the following:
o Who supervises you?
o In what context are you likely to work (hospital, private practice, etc.)?
o What other healthcare professionals will you potentially work with/in what

ways?

3. Requirements of the profession:
• What are the educational requirements for the profession? Be very specific

here.
• Depending upon your chosen profession, this may or may not include a degree

beyond the bachelor’s degree you will earn from USF (for example a medical
degree if you are planning to be a physician). See below for how to proceed:

o If your profession does require an additional degree or program of study
beyond the bachelors:

§ What programs will you apply to? Name at least two programs,
including the institution who sponsors the program and the full
name of the degree

• If your profession does not require an additional degree beyond the bachelors:
o What sources will you use to find jobs? (Job boards, hospital career

sites, etc.) You must list at least three.

• Identify two job announcements in your chosen profession that you feel
qualified to apply for at the conclusion of your bachelor’s degree.

Describe them here in sentence form, but include a screenshot or copy/paste
of the job announcement (including the direct link to the announcement) as an

appendix. What appeals to you about these positions, above?
• If this profession requires a license or certification: What are the licensing

and certification requirements in the state you wish to work? (Name the
state.)

• Is there an examination for licensing or certification? What is the exam
called? When will you be ready to take it? (It should be made clear what the
pre-requisites for the exam are.)

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• How will you continue your learning about this profession after this class?
o What are the professional associations that you may wish to become

involved in? What will they offer you?
o What types of continuing health professional education will you need to

do, for example Continuing Medical Education (CME).
o What learning resources will you will consult in the future? How will they

benefit you?

5. Conclusion (approximately two paragraphs):
• Discuss your feelings about your path toward this profession. Are you nervous?

Excited? Overwhelmed?
• In sentence form, conclude your paper with the discussion of your feelings

and your specific next steps for pursuing this profession. Reference your 5-year
timeline assignment and then include the graphic illustration of your timeline as
an appendix (the timeline should be on its own page(s) and does not count
toward meeting your page count minimum or maximum. The timeline needs to
follow the requirements given earlier in the course.)

6. References:
• Your reference list needs to be on a full page by itself (it does not count

toward the page count minimum or maximum). It should be titled
“References” and list each reference in alphabetical order. You may use APA
or MLA style, or any other style, if you ask for approval for that style from
your instructor.

• Here are instructions on how to set up a reference
page in APA: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/05/
This site also shows you the specific ways to cite particular types of sources
in APA or MLA.

• For references to the recorded guest speakers or to the recorded lectures,
use the following format, where you enter the speaker’s last name, first initial,
and name of presentation. Otherwise, use the data below:

o Scott, D. (Speaker). (2014). Name of presentation. HSC 2000
Introduction to Health Professions. Podcast retrieved from
http://usflearn.instructure.com/courses/1057173/

7. Final check:
• Be sure to submit thepaper as well as timeline, resume and occupational

worksheets in canvas. There are separate links in the final paper module so

4. Continued learning:

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you can easily upload each document however they are part of the final paper
grade.

• Please refer to the Purdue Online Writing Lab at
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/670/05/

Total Points: 70.0

Final Paper (1)

Final Paper (1)

Criteria Ratings Pts

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5.0 pts

-2 pts
per error

-2 pts
per error

(1) Introduction 10.0 pts
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(2) About the profession 15.0 pts
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(3) Requirements of the profession 15.0 pts
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(4) Continued learning 15.0 pts
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(5) Conclusion 10.0 pts
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References 5.0 pts
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Lost Points for formatting, in-text citations, and length (be sure to view longer
description!)

Formatting (-2 for each requirement not adhered to) Citations (Points deducted each
instance of failure to properly cite; point value determined based on error made)’
Length (-10 points for each page of narrative text beyond 5–this does not include
your reference page, timeline, or other appendices) Be sure to review full
requirements in Final Paper document

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Lost Points for quality of writing–Submission must reflect collegiate-level academic
writing. (Clear effort has been made in terms of proper paragraph construction,
sentence structure, grammar, spelling and punctuation.)

Review syllabus for expectations on writing

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