| Content Criteria |
| Section or Section Title |
Description |
How-To and Tips
Use APA: The Easy Way, Second Edition. |
| Entire paper |
• 1” margins all around
• Font – Times New Roman, 12 pt
• Double-spaced
• Consult you APA: The Easy Way for proper formatting of paper.
• Professional grammar, spelling, and punctuation, and paragraphs composed of at least 3 well-written sentences each. |
• Select File – Page Setup…
• Select Format – Font…
• Select Format – Paragraph…
• Select View – Header and Footer…
(Refer to the MS Word “Help and How To” links if you need help with any of these tasks.)
The short title should be in upper- and lower-case, or “Title Case.”See APA: The Easy Way pages 7 and 48..
• See “Scholarly Writing Tips” |
Title Page
(Use
College of Nursing Title Page) |
• Just below Header, include a “running head” as shown below, left-justified:(Replace “CAPITALIZED ABBREVIATED TITLE” with an abbreviated version of your paper’s title.)
Running head: CAPITALIZED ABBREVIATED TITLE
• Title in upper half of page, centered, upper- & lower-cased letters (Title Case)
o Title is content of unique paper, not assignment title; add your name or a unique descriptor to the title so not everyone’s is “Philosophy of Nursing.”
After the Title Page, all other pages are to have a shortened Title (2-3 words in All Caps in the header of each page) plus a page number in the top right area of the header. See the Sample Paper (starts on Page 47) in APA: The Easy Way for page formatting, page titling, and page numbering at the top of all the document pages.
Follow instructions and suggestions in APA: The Easy Way, Second Edition. |
APA: The Easy Way. Second Edition, Pages 7 & 48.
The running head appears only on the title page, and includes the words “Running head: TITLE IN ALL CAPS”
Use the Title Page instructions as found in APA: The Easy Way, Second Edition.
Your finished Title Page should resemble the Title Page on page 48 of APA: The Easy Way. Note: there are 2 spaces below your name and the College of Nursing Title Page as shown below does have some additional wording below you name. Faculty credentials can be found in the course syllabus.
Running head: TITLE IN ALL CAPS 1
Title of Paper
Submitted by
Jenny Student, RN
In partial fulfillment of the requirements of
Course name and number
Faculty name, credentials
Submission date |
| Introduction |
Overview of the paper (1-2 paragraphs) |
Put title of paper at the top of this page: centered, not bolded, and in Title Case.
No section title for the introduction, just start paragraphs (Remember to indent each paragraph and double space) |
| Choice of Nursing |
Why did you choose nursing? (2-3 paragraphs) |
Insert Section title, centered, bolded,and Title Case.
Then start paragraphs. |
| Essence of Nursing |
What do you believe the core of nursing is and should be? Correlate historical, ethical, and/or political factors influencing professional nursing practice. (2-3 paragraphs) |
Insert Section title, centered, bolded,and Title Case.
Then start paragraphs.
(Do not start a new page; just continue in regular double-spaced body.) |
| Beliefs and Values |
What do you believe about patients? ( 1 paragraph)
What do you believe about the patient’s family and significant others? (1 paragraph)
What do you believe about your fellow health care providers?
(1 paragraph)
What do you believe about your own health? (1 paragraph) |
Insert Section title, centered, bolded,and Title Case.
Then start paragraphs.
(Do not start a new page; just continue in regular double-spaced body.) |
| Vision for the Future |
What do you want to be doing in 2 years?(1 paragraph) 5 years? (1 paragraph) 10 years? (1 paragraph) |
Insert Section title, centered, bolded,and Title Case.
Then start paragraphs.
(Do not start a new page; just continue in regular double-spaced body.) |
| Summary |
What strengths do you have that will support your achievement of your professional goals? (1 paragraph)
What limitations will you need to overcome to achieve your professional goals? (1 paragraph) |
Insert Section title, centered, bolded,and Title Case.
Then start paragraphs.
(Do not start a new page; just continue in regular double-spaced body.) |
| References |
• Title of this page is
References
centered on top of page
• At least 2 professional references.
• Put references in alphabetical order by author’s name. |
“References” should be centered at the top of the page just below the header (Do not bold this title)
Be sure to left-justify the first line of each citation, but indent subsequent lines 5 spaces (hanging indent). See APA: The Easy Way pages 19-46 with a sample Reference Page on page 59. |