Long story, will not get into it all...my daughter is in nursing school and needs to write a paper on COPD. I am helping to only get articles together for her because:
Her husband has been in the hospital, touch and go with a heart condition (only 35 yrs old) and she has been with him the whole time (I have my precious 3 yr old grandson!) I am going to research the articles she needs and take them to hospital so she can do the paper there. However, I am a bit lost with the instructions given by her instructor. It says to research the topic FROM Nursing Journal articles puiblished within the past 5 yrs.
If anyone can guide me to several articles to print out and take to her, it would be much appreciated.
Need to include descrip of disease, how it is DX (tests, studies preformed and results), meds for TX, test used to follow progress of disease, listing of Primary RN DX for a pt with COPD, discribe RN care for these pts both acute and chronic stages (teaching topics as well)...and resources used for the info on paper.
If it were me, I would be doing the paper completely different, citing AMA, JAMA etc...but I am not the teacher LOL...so just trying to get some articles together to take to daughter in the hospital to work on in the middle of the night. Thanks for any help!!!
I tend to agree with Roser13! Now I remember. The OP (mom) has posted before looking for help in school for her daughter(?), I believe it included math help for her daughter too.
I understand all too well about having to do things on your own: I had 2 small kids, 3 jobs and FT college when I went back to school and not much help AT ALL from anyone; so I know when a breath of fresh air blows by to offer a bit of relief, it makes the world of difference, no matter how small or big the help is.
Of course it does, but I believe -- as do many others on this forum, clearly -- that you are attempting to provide an inappropriate kind of relief. Your daughter isn't in grade school anymore; she is working towards a professional degree in a field which places the highest value on integrity and individual responsibility. If you want to help her, give her all the moral support you can, and supplement it with financial help and childcare if you can/if it's needed -- but you should not be doing her schoolwork for her.
Of course it does, but I believe -- as do many others on this forum, clearly -- that you are attempting to provide an inappropriate kind of relief. Your daughter isn't in grade school anymore; she is working towards a professional degree in a field which places the highest value on integrity and individual responsibility. If you want to help her, give her all the moral support you can, and supplement it with financial help and childcare if you can/if it's needed -- but you should not be doing her schoolwork for her.
Perhaps you did not read the above posts I made: I would not DO her work for her and I said it was all worked out now; she found the resources she needed on her own (as I knew she would after the initial nervousness and stress of trying to be in more than one place at the same time). Any parent worth their salt would initally want to jump in there and help; yet also stand back and allow their kids to "work through it on their own". Which she did and I am proud of her.
Again, thank you to those that "attempted" to help as well and understood the flip side as a parent.
Perhaps you did not read the above posts I made: I would not DO her work for her and I said it was all worked out now; she found the resources she needed on her own (as I knew she would after the initial nervousness and stress of trying to be in more than one place at the same time). Any parent worth their salt would initally want to jump in there and help; yet also stand back and allow their kids to "work through it on their own". Which she did and I am proud of her.
Again, thank you to those that "attempted" to help as well and understood the flip side as a parent.
I did read all the posts, including the original one where you asked for articles and then the first one on this page where you said you had given her the articles provided. And yes, doing research for her is doing the work, as learning to find, critique, and use research articles in written work is at least as important as the written work itself.
I may not be a parent, but I do know what it's like to experience a personal crisis in the middle of nursing school (my mother had a stroke at age 49, during my third semester of NS, and I spent more than a month taking classes full time and making a daily 3-hour round trip to be with her in the hospital as much as possible). There are many, many people on these boards who have similar stories. I understand your impulse to help, but if she is so swamped that you feel you need to be doing her research for her, she should be discussing her situation with her dean and instructors and getting help through the proper channels.
That's all I have to say about the matter. I wish you both the best.
I did read all the posts, including the original one where you asked for articles and then the first one on this page where you said you had given her the articles provided. And yes, doing research for her is doing the work, as learning to find, critique, and use research articles in written work is at least as important as the written work itself.
I may not be a parent, but I do know what it's like to experience a personal crisis in the middle of nursing school (my mother had a stroke at age 49, during my third semester of NS, and I spent more than a month taking classes full time and making a daily 3-hour round trip to be with her in the hospital as much as possible). There are many, many people on these boards who have similar stories. I understand your impulse to help, but if she is so swamped that you feel you need to be doing her research for her, she should be discussing her situation with her dean and instructors and getting help through the proper channels.
That's all I have to say about the matter. I wish you both the best.
Thank you for your feedback; however once again you might want to re-read what I said:
Post 10 I said:
"I did giver her the web sites on here as well that were suggested that may help her in her search".
I gave her the WEB SITES!! NOT the articles; and besides re-read again post 14 what I said:
"she found the resources she needed on her own"
by the time I was able to tell her about the websites suggested here, she had already found the resources she was using for her paper and almost 1/2 way through the paper being done.
She is not unfamiliar with research and doing all work on her own as this will be her 2nd BS degree.
I have to say I am amazed at the negative out pour regarding this topic; while I completely agree one should do their OWN work, I will never agree with not offering help when it is needed in extreme situations. Doing your own work also applies to the real world. Most of our jobs are and should be team work, but a lot of it is taking responsibility on your own. When working with patients or their families, medical staff is asked many questions that may not be familiar to them. So rather than ask a co-worker; I find it best to research it myself to make sure the correct answer is given. Do you do that? Or do you cheat and ask for help from a co-worker? Doing it yourself not only builds upon your character but the respect from your co-workers.
So you see, it is NOT whether you ask for help from time to time; it is what your character and work ethic is like to begin with that is MOST important and THAT is what one will stand out for. So it is no precieved to those that know you that you are looking for a crutch ALL the time. Your "record" (so to say) speaks for itself.
netglow, ASN, RN
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I tend to agree with Roser13! Now I remember. The OP (mom) has posted before looking for help in school for her daughter(?), I believe it included math help for her daughter too.
Curious, this.