Objective: The goal of this assignment is to develop your skills in locating, evaluating, analyzing and summarizing scholarly research.
Length: 3-4 pages
Style: American Psychological Association (APA) 7
Requirements:
Article Selection
Choose four professional, peer-reviewed nursing journal articles.
All journals/articles should be from the United States
All journals/articles should be from the last 5-7 years.
Annotation Content
Summary: Summarize the purpose, research design, participants/sample, and key findings.
Evaluation of Level of Evidence: Analyze the articles for their level of evidence. Include the rationale as to why you are assigning this article to this level of evidence.
Relevance: Explain how you plan to use this article for your exploratory paper.
Citation Format
Use APA 7th edition style for all references.
Include a correctly formatted full citation before each annotation.
Arrange entries in alphabetical order by the first author’s last name.
The library subscribes to very few journals in print. Most scholarly journals can be accessed through online article databases. Using an article database allows you to search hundreds of different journals at once.
Comprehensive research and reference tool for nursing and allied health professionals; includes the full text of more than 1,300 journals.
Full-text articles from academic journals in the fields of medicine, nursing, and biology.
A collection of full-text articles, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses that provide key resources for evidence-based medicine.
Medication Errors
Bedside Report
Infection Control
Hospital Fall
