- Ignore any evidence that contradicts the thesis.
- Acknowledge and address potential counterarguments.
- Rely solely on the author's personal experience.
- Be based on a single, authoritative source.
Category: BS Nursing
- Summarizing each source one by one in separate paragraphs.
- Combining ideas from several sources to create a new, more complex understanding of a topic.
- Finding a direct quote that all sources agree on.
- Listing the sources in alphabetical order.
- It is usually longer.
- It has been vetted for quality and accuracy by experts in the field.
- It is always free to access online.
- It uses more complicated language.
- Based on personal feelings and beliefs.
- Factual, verifiable, and drawn from credible sources like research studies.
- Always presented in numerical form.
- The main argument of the essay.
- This essay will discuss nurse burnout.
- Nurse burnout is a big problem in Pakistan.
- High patient-to-nurse ratios are a significant contributor to emotional exhaustion and nurse burnout in Pakistani hospitals.
- Many nurses feel tired at work.
- Alphabetically by the first author's last name.
- Chronologically by the date of publication.
- In the order that the sources appear in the paper.
- Alphabetically by the title of the work.
- Make the paper look longer and more impressive.
- Allow readers to locate the sources used and to give credit to the original authors.
- Show off how many books you have read.
- Provide a space for personal acknowledgments.
- The journal title
- The publisher
- The page number(s) or paragraph number
- The editor's name
- (Khan & Ali, 2024)
- (Khan and Ali 2024)
- (Khan, Ali, 2024)
- (Khan & Ali p. 5)
- In title case and italics.
- In sentence case and italics.
- In title case and not in italics.
- In sentence case and not in italics.
- A comma splice
- A dangling modifier
- A subject-verb agreement error
- A spelling error
- Furthermore
- Consequently
- However
- Similarly
- The nurse checked the patients' vital signs, they were stable.
- The nurse checked the patient's vital signs; they were stable.
- The nurse checked the patients vital signs they were stable.
- The nurse checked the patient's vital signs, and, they were stable.
- Introduction, to state the thesis.
- Discussion, to express personal opinions.
- Methods, to describe how the research was conducted (e.g., "The sample was selected…").
- Conclusion, to summarize the findings.
- The data from the recent clinical trials shows a positive trend.
- Each of the patients was given a consent form.
- The nurse and the doctor is reviewing the chart.
- The quality of the patient outcomes are improving.
- The first paragraph of the introduction.
- A comprehensive summary of the entire paper, including its purpose, methods, results, and conclusion.
- A list of all the references used in the paper.
- A personal reflection on the research process.
- Summarize the key findings.
- Discuss the limitations of the study.
- Introduce completely new evidence or arguments not discussed in the body.
- Suggest directions for future research.
- Introduce a new thesis statement.
- Discuss multiple, unrelated main ideas.
- Develop a single main idea that supports the thesis statement, using evidence and examples.
- Be no more than three sentences long.
- Provide a detailed example.
- Conclude the paragraph's main idea.
- Introduce the main idea or argument of the paragraph.
- Contradict the previous paragraph.
