Write a professional paper profiling one type of cancer that is written for a member of the medical community such as another professional nurse.
WARNING – To avoid self-plagiarism, it is your responsibility to receive your instructor’s permission before using any part of an assignment you previously submitted in another course.
Types of Cancer:
You will either be assigned one of the folowing topics or your instructor may let you choose – check with your instructor.
- Breast cancer
- Pancreatic cancer
- Leukemia (pick a specific such as ALL or CGL)
- Lymphoma (Hodgkin’s or non-Hodgkin’s)
- Prostate cancer
- Melanoma
- Lympho-sarcoma
- Lung cancer (pick a specific type)
- Liver cancer
- Cervical cancer
- Endometrial cancer
Paper Requirements:
- Your paper must be 5 pages in length not including cover, appendices, and reference pages. For every missing page in the body of the paper, there will be a loss of 10 points.
- Write your paper in Microsoft Word double-spaced, using APA approved fonts and sizes (refer to the APA Requirements module on the left sidebar for more information).
- Reference requirements:
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- Support your paper with two or more references in addition to your textbook (use of the textbook for the essay is optional). All references listed on your reference page must be integrated into the paper as in-text citations using APA formatting.
- Every paragraph containing researchable scholarly information must have a minimum of one in-text citation. Paraphrasing research requires a citation.
- Limit the use of quotes – no more than one quote of up to two sentences per page of this paper. Quotes are word for word copying of materials from a resource with proper citation and quotation marks. It is imperative that the assignment reflect a student’s personal understanding of the topic. Excessive quoting may indicate that the writer trusts the author of the reference/resource. However, it does not show that the student understands the material. Putting the material in your own words demonstrates understanding of the subject matter.
- References must be medical, science (biology), or nursing scholarly articles; online web sites; your textbook or another medical or nursing or pathophysiology textbook. Reliable references include: nursing journals (e.g. AORN, RN), websites (Medscape, PubMed, CDC, National Institute of Health (NIH), Journal of Pediatric Medicine).
- References must no no older than 5 years.
- Note: Review the section on Plagiarism in your CAGS Student Handbook before writing your papers (CAGS Student Handbook – Definitions – Page 30 “Cheating and Plagiarism”).
- After completing your paper, click on the Session 3 Cancer Paper link to submit your assignment by the posted due date. Review the rubric available in Due Dates and Grades for specific grading criteria.
