Research Project Ideas

For my research paper I am interested in researching about nursing equality among minorities. This meaning that nurses are supposed to be caring and understanding of all cultures and to provide adequate health care regardless. Another topic that I am considering is researching nursing in rural areas and how competent the care is. In two of my nursing classes we are discussing the importance of understanding and relating to various cultures. We are taught to not be judgmental of others regardless of their age, looks,class, occupation, etc. We discuss ways to put our personal judgments aside and provide high quality, low cost health care to anyone who walks into a hospital, clinic or doctor's office. We need to work with and work for the patients because helping them work towards an optimal health state is a nurse's number one priority. After all we are the patients advocate. Since I am a nursing major these possible research projects obviously have a huge impact on nursing. The second option is dealing with nursing in rural areas. By rural I mean places that are more then an hour or so away from other forms of civilization. In nursing we just discussed a nurse who was the only health care provider on an island. She had difficulty identifying certain medical conditions and needed to find a way to gain information about the conditions. She got in contact with doctors and physicians assistants on the mainland. Together they developed communication through the Internet help the nurse. The technology after a certain time ended. Just recently this technology has become more advanced. I would like to know if other rural areas are taking advantage of this technology and how high or low the success rate is. Researching either one of these topics is important to me because health care should be offered to everyone regardless of race, socioeconomic status, or anything else. It is important because I come from a rural area and it may be hard for some people to receive health care. In regards to the other topic it will help people to better understand the underlying problems of equal health care opportunities. I can conduct my research by interviewing several of my nursing professors and also my fellow nursing peers on their thoughts and ideas for how to overcome these health care challenges.

Diversity

I never truly experienced diversity until I came to IUP. I come from small town where there is no diversity to be experienced. Therefore, when I came to college I experienced all sorts of diversity from various ethnicity's, music interests, and social groups. Also when I started college a huge social change was occurring in the form of the presidential election. Social change and diversity are both huge aspects of my future career, which is nursing. Everyday I will come into contact with various ethnicity's, languages and cultures. So understanding diversity and being accepting of all cultures is extremely important for my career. To promote diversity through social change means to be accepting and work in partnership with those who want to achieve social change in various organizations, groups, politics, etc. Race, gender, and language rights have never been a huge part of my life experience until I started college. The town I come from is 99% Caucasian and haven't ever really been exposed to minorities. There are two issues regarding social change that interest me in regards to nursing. First, is the issue of equality and providing it equally among all cultures and minorities. Second, is trying to develop ways for heath care to be adequately distributed to people in rural areas.

Subject and Response to Activity One

Thinking back to elementary and middle school, there were several classes in which I had to keep a weekly journal. In the journal I had to write down what I had learned about and if I had any problems understanding the information and if so, what I could do to better understand the material. At the beginning and end of every school year the teachers always required the class to write about how their summer was and what they did or what our plans were for the summer. I also wrote for informational purposes. For example, we would be required to write a paragraph about ourselves, our likes and dislikes, and our interests. These would then be posted on the teacher's wall for classmates to read.I have always found writing to be relatively easy for me. In high school I took an AP English course, which helped me increase my writing abilities tremendously. It taught me how to connect each paragraph to the thesis and how to put my thoughts on paper in a clear and concise manner. Whether I have difficulty with a paper usually depends on the type or the topic of the paper. I enjoy writing papers on topics that I am interested in. I like to write about things that will increase my knowledge and also papers that I can incorporate my own perspective into. Another area of writing that I sometimes struggle with is the ending paragraph. I find that by the end of the paper I have said everything that I wanted to and end up just repeating myself over and over in the last paragraph. I like to read a variety of genres. I really enjoy fiction novels and also books that have been made into movies. In the past I have tried to keep a journal, but a couple weeks in I usually get bored with it and stop. I have never written a novel, short story, or anything similar.I send out several e-mails per week and do send text messages throughout the day. I rarely write letters because I find e-mail to be much more efficient.I work in a nursing home part time and have had to write reports on patients and their health statuses. In high school I have written both minutes and formal letters for various organizations.In regards to the language used while growing up, I can honestly say it has not always been grammatically correct. I come from a small farming and coal region town, where correct language usage and grammar are hard to come by. Most adults who live there speak improperly and have passed it down from generation to generation despite educational learning in the school. My parents are not originally from that area therefore at home I spoke more correctly then what I did at school This is because my peers and even some teachers spoke in a certain way and I picked up on that usage.I took 2 years of Spanish in high school, but have forgotten most of it because I rarely ever speak it. I think it is harder to be descriptive while speaking Spanish then what it is when speaking English. I have written various kinds of writing from persuasive to research and opinion to poetry. In my high school English classes, I had to write many essays, poems, and also a 20 page analysis of a novel.In my opinion, essay and assignment writing are usually based in a topic that is given to you by the teacher. It may be something that you are interested in or it may not be. In most cases essay and assignment writings require rough drafts, complete sentences, and maybe even some research prior to writing the paper. Also, the purpose of writing essays and assignments is usually for a grade and also the audience is the teacher and sometimes classmates. Other writings such as short stories, poems, or diaries are based on the writers thoughts, feelings, emotions, and ideas. These writings are kept private and may sometimes be grammatically incorrect. The writer writes whatever comes to mind and can really put their perspective into it. Short stories are written for others to see, but reflect the writers own views.

A little bit about myself.

I am a sophomore nursing student. I am currently involved in Phi Eta Sigma and Delta Epsilon Iota: Honors Fraternity. After graduation I would like to work in either the emergency room or with oncology patients. I come from a small town in eastern Pennsylvania. I love to read and I usually always have a book with me. I live on a farm and enjoy being outdoors. I also enjoy hunting. I also play intramural basketball.

test

kaitlyn IUP