NUR 415 The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
NUR 415 The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is a federal agency whose focus is to increase the quality and safety of the U.S. health care system. In this assignment, you will become familiar with the organization’s mission, programs, and resources.
Step 1: In a 1-2 page paper, not counting the title or ref. page, address the following questions using clear paragraph headers:
- Provide a brief overview of the agency’s mission, programs, and resources.
- Describe at least 3 ways in which nurses can utilize the organization’s programs and resources.
- What is the STEPPS program?
- Describe a situation in your place of employment where the STEPPS program could be useful.
Step 2: Submit using this assignment box.
Cite any sources in 7th ed. APA format.
For grading details, see the
For this writing assignment, your paper will automatically run your paper through a program called Unicheck. This will formulate a similarity report and will give you a percentage. If you percentage is greater than 30%, please review the report and see where you are flagged for similarity. If you have properly cited your information with a quote or an in-text citation, you are good to go! If you have neglected to cite your information, please do so and re-submit your paper for grading to prevent plagiarism.
NUR370
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In this writing assignment, you will reflect on your journey toward cultural competence.
Step 1 Write one to two page paper in which you address the following prompts:
- Describe two significant moments in your professional life that relate to cultural learning.
- Describe something in this course that impacted you.
- What stereotypes or biases might you have regarding sociocultural influences on health that could get in the way of being a culturally competent health care provider (please do not say that you don’t have any. We all do. It is important to recognize them.
- Discuss two specific actions you will take from here forward to enhance your cultural competence.
Step 2 Save and submit your assignment. When you have completed your assignment, save a copy for yourself in an easily accessible place and submit a copy to your instructor.
Cite any sources in APA format.
See the rubric for grading details.
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.
