Self Determination In The Elderly
Self-Determination in the Elderly 1
Nursing Students’ Perceptions of
Self-Determination in Elderly People
Maritta Valimaki, Helena Haapsaari, Jouko Katajisto and Ritta Suhonen
Research and Design
Professor Pollack
April 10, 2007
Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Self-Determination in Elderly People:
A Critique
ABSTRACT
Self-Determination in the Elderly 2
This research study shows different nursing students’ perceptions of variables that affect elderly patients’ self-determination before and after a clinical studies program. The researchers found that the studies program does in fact have an influence on the students’ perceptions.
TOPIC CONTENT
This article was published on March 15, 2008 in the Journal of Nursing Ethics. The topic discussed is whether Nursing Student’s perceptions of the Elderly would change after being given an Ethics course. The article falls within the bounds of the journal as this is a publication centering on Nursing Ethics, which is clearly the subject of the periodical itself. No masthead description is attached to the article.
STYLE
The manuscript does conform to APA style in its major aspects. Each page of the journal does contain a page header; however it alternates with the author’s name and the title of the publication. All information is cited correctly using footnotes. The structural differences in which the paper deviates from APA style is the lack of a Title Page, and variation in formatting. Instead of the four major sections being shown as Title Page, Abstract, Main Body and References, the paper is organized as a Research study in the format of Introduction, Background, Aims, research questions and hypothesis, Method, Analysis, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, and References.
INTRODUCTION
The beginning of this article...
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