Senior Seminar Reflective Paper

[RNnewbie2014]

Okay I have a question.. I am in my 4th semester of nursing school and in senior seminar we have to write reflections on our simulation experiences... Okay, I get that part.. Well, I am struggling with how to put in lab values, vital signs, etc in the paper.. I know in MLA, you generally type out numbers if you have any.. Is it the same with APA? I just know some numerical values such as temp: 102.2, you cannot necessarily write that in a sentence...... Would you suggest I just ask my teacher for her preference or is there an actual guideline for this in APA? Suggestions please?!

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

Ask your faculty what they prefer.

If you are this far along in your education you must have had occasion to write something similar. I certainly hope so, anyway. Ask.

[RNnewbie2014]

Well, we had a writing intensive course in the beginning.. All of those papers were on theorists or something similar to that.. Numerical values weren't present in those papers as would be in a simulation involving a patient in sepsis and going into septic shock. I asked. My response didn't make much sense.... I sent a long detailed message about is writing the numerical version of a temp 102.2 acceptable or do I write it out as one hundred and two point two temperature? Her response was I would write both labs and your interpretation of the values, at least? That message makes no sense to me............... I understand the importance of labs for sepsis and what they mean.. I just need to know how to write it and make sure it's done correctly.