Discussion 3: Developing a ThesisSummary

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After choosing a topic for a writing assignment, often the next best step is to construct a rough thesis statement. As you probably realize at this point, a thesis serves as the focal piece of an essay—all of your body paragraphs will relate back to those ideas. Following a thesis development questionnaire can help you both evaluate and organize ideas. Remember, too, that selecting a topic in which you are familiar or have interest may assist you in procuring content. Be cautious of topics that might not allow you to contribute much original material, which consists of discussions you add to support your claims. Often, these discussions will be new insights and drawn conclusions from just a small amount of research. In sum, a topic that relies on a lot of data, such as a medical-focused or science-based claim, may not enable you to add a lot of new material without posing credibility issues.

Select a topic of your choice, and populate the questionnaire below to ultimately build a strong thesis statement.

Please use double-spacing, and include a standard header with your Name, Course, Assignment, and Date. You may begin your discussion on the line below.

1. 1. Overall topic or idea:2. What is your debatable opinion or stance on this topic:3. What are three subtopics that support your claim:4. What does the opposition party say:5. What is data that refutes the opposition’s opinion (do not employ ideas previously discussed):

Using the answers above, create a thesis statement using the following structure:

(Add debatable claim) because (add first supporting subtopic), (add second supporting subtopic), and (add third supporting subtopic), even though (add the opposition’s opinion).

Sample: Students’ work should be checked by anti-plagiarism software because it prevents cheating, secures other artists’ copyrights, and maintains a university’s integrity, even though free speech advocates believe anti-plagiarism software can impede freedom of speech.

Thought Provoking – Tom Bridegroom  

Write a 2 page response on how you felt these two situations were dealt with and if you would have done anything differently. Ethics play a role in how the situation was handled. Think of this from a nursing perspective!!!!

Think about nursing implications, which might include interventions (but not exclusively), but also think about some of the morals and nursing ethics, dignity and respect, autonomy, beneficence, non maleficence. etc. Think about areas you as a nurse could help to make things better, improve their quality of life and help care for the 4 gentleman in these two situations in a positive way. Address each separately!!