Create a 3-5 page annotated bibliography and summary based on your research related to best practices addressing a current health care problem or issue.
In your professional life, you will need to find credible evidence to support your decisions and your plans of action. You will want to keep abreast of best practices to help your organization adapt to the ever-changing health care environment. Being adept at research will help you find the information you need. For this assessment, you will research a health care problem or issue faced by current health care organizations. Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading
criteria in the scoring guide. At a minimum, be sure to address each point. In
addition, you are encouraged to review the performance-level descriptions for
each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.
For this assessment,
research best practices related to a current health care problem. Your selected
problem or issue will be utilized again in Assessment 4. To explore your chosen
topic, you should use the first two steps of the Socratic Problem-Solving Approach to aid
your critical thinking.
1.   
Select one of the health
care problems or issues presented in the Assessment 02 Supplement: Applying Research Skills [PDF] Download Assessment 02 Supplement: Applying Research Skills [PDF]resource.
Write a brief overview of the selected health care problem or issue. In your
overview:
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Summarize the health
care problem or issue.
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Describe the
professional relevance of this topic.
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Describe any
professional experience you have with this topic.
2.    Identify peer-reviewed articles relevant to this health
care issue or problem.
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Conduct a search for
scholarly or academic peer-reviewed literature related to the topic and
describe the criteria you used to search for articles, including the names of
the databases you used. You will select four current scholarly or academic
peer-reviewed journal articles published during the past 3–5 years that relate
to your topic.
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Refer to the NHS-FPX4000: Developing a Health Care Perspective Library
Guide to help you locate appropriate references.
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Use keywords related to
the health care problem or issue you are researching to select relevant
articles.
3.    Assess the credibility and explain relevance of the
information sources you find.
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Determine if the source
is from an academic peer-reviewed journal.
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Determine if the
publication is current.
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Determine if information
in the academic peer-reviewed journal article is still relevant.
4.    Analyze academic peer-reviewed journal articles using the
annotated bibliography organizational format. Provide a rationale for inclusion
of each selected article. The purpose of an annotated bibliography is to
document a list of references along with key information about each one. The
detail about the reference is the annotation. Developing this annotated
bibliography will create a foundation of knowledge about the selected topic. In
your annotated bibliography:
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Identify the purpose of
the article.
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Summarize the
information.
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Provide rationale for
inclusion of each article.
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Include the conclusions
and findings of the article.
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Write your annotated
bibliography in a paragraph form. The annotated bibliography should be
approximately 150 words (1–3 paragraphs) in length.
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List the full reference
for the source in APA format (author, date, title, publisher, et cetera) and
use APA format for the annotated bibliography.
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Make sure the references
are listed in alphabetical order, are double-spaced, and use hanging indents.
5.    Summarize what you have learned while developing an
annotated bibliography.
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Summarize what you
learned from your research in a separate paragraph or two at the end of the
paper.
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List the main points you
learned from your research.
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Summarize the main
contributions of the sources you chose and how they enhanced your knowledge
about the topic.
Example Assessment: You may use the following to give you an idea of what a
Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like:
·       Assessment 2 Example [PDF] Download Assessment 2 Example [PDF].
Additional
Requirements: Your
assessment should also meet the following requirements:
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Length: 3–5 typed, double-spaced pages, not including the title
page and reference page.
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Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
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APA tutorial: Use the APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX] for
guidance.
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Written communication: Write clearly and logically, with correct use of
spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
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Content: Provide a title page and reference page following APA
style.
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References: Use at least four scholarly or academic peer-reviewed
journal articles.
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APA format: Follow current APA guidelines for in-text citation of
outside sources in the body of your paper and also on the reference page.
Competencies
Measured: By
successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency
in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
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Competency 2: Apply
scholarly information through critical thinking to solve problems in the field
of health care.
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Assess the credibility
and relevance of information sources.
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Analyze academic
peer-reviewed journal articles using the annotated bibliography organizational
format.
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Summarize what was
learned from developing an annotated bibliography.
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Competency 4: Write for
a specific audience, in appropriate tone and style, in accordance with
Capella’s writing standards.
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Apply academic peer
reviewed journal articles relevant to the health care problem or issue being
researched.
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Produce text with
minimal grammatical, usage, spelling, and mechanical errors.
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Integrate into text
appropriate use of scholarly sources, evidence, and citation style.