Nursing Research: Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography Kalisch, B.J. & Lee, K.H. (2011). Nurse staffing levels and teamwork: A cross-section study of patient care units in acute-care hospitals. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 43(1): 82-88. The purpose of this study is to determine whether nurse staffing has an effect on teamwork. In order to make this determination, a cross-sectional study is used here. The methodology is quantitative, and uses a descriptive design. A sample of nursing staff that came from four different

An annotated bibliography is used to assess other written works of information related to the topic you are discussing. This assignment is to help students learn how to deal with one of the many communication concerns they may come across in the field of nursing. They will achieve this by researching and assessing other sources as well as evidently and logically writing about their findings. The topic of this annotated bibliography is communicating with people who have Aphasia. Aphasia is neurological

the curriculum by using active and student-centered methods to thread the competencies throughout several nursing courses from the beginning of the program (Bryer & Peterson-Graziose, 2014). In their article “Integration of Quality and Safety Competencies in Undergraduate Nursing Education,” Bryer and Peterson-Graziose (2014) detailed the revision of the curriculum for an undergraduate nursing program to include QSEN competencies

My first undergraduate level college writing class provided me with a great deal of knowledge not only about the multi-dimensional writer the class formed me into but also about the writer who I used to be through the various diverse assignments we completed this semester. My first essay of the semester was a personal essay about my experiences on a given day. At first, I found my first assignment somewhat challenging due to the struggle surrounding the goal of not sounding like I was just listing

Calling out the Sacred Cow Annotated Bibliography Kaitlin Parenteau Westfield State University Some nursing practices have been in place for years. These nursing practices become familiar, easy, and turn into habits. It is possible that research can show that these habits do not have any place in a nursing care setting. However, habits are hard to break and people become stuck in their own habits. For example, with the insertion of nasogastric tubes, there are several ways to confirm

Dena Payne, RN, BSN: Annotated Bibliography Module 3 Mytton, O. T., Clarke, D., & Rayner, M. (2012). Taxing unhealthy food and drinks to improve health. British Medical Journal, 344. doi:10.1136/bmj.e2931 Taxing unhealthy food and beverages is practiced internationally and was examined extensively in the 2011 United Nations summit as a means to encourage healthy dietary choices among individuals. As interest in this area grows, more research is needed to study the relationship between

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2 Annotated Bibliography for Child Obesity Childhood obesity in America is a growing disease that has become an epidemic problem that has lasting psychological effects, because of advertisement of fast food, lack of physical activities, and parental control; which has made food become a major health issue in many young teenager's lives today. Childhood obesity is something that most kids inherit from his or her own parent. When it comes to child obesity, there

(2011). Multifactorial influences on and deviations from medication administration safety and quality in the acute medical/surgical context. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 8(1), 15-24. doi:10.1111/j.1741-6787.2010.00212.x Running Head: Annotated bibliography 5 This article relates to data analysis, which is discovered three major categories that influenced medication administration

Alcohol Annotated Bibliography. Introduction. This Annotated Bibliography has been developed in co-ordination with an Alcohol Poster presentation, with the aim of elucidating the dangers alcohol has on a person’s health and wellbeing. The author chose alcohol as a topic, as it is well-known to be dangerous but in contrast it is readily available for people to purchase. Alcohol dependency has serious detrimental effects on people’s health and social lives. The World Health Organisation (WHO, 2008)

Informatics Cost and Value of Patient Care: Annotated Bibliography Piscotty, R. J., Kalisch, B., Gracey-Thomas, A. (2015). Impact of healthcare information technology on nursing practice. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 47(4), 287-293. Retrieved 10 September 2015. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01233.x Summary The authors of this article performed a study to define the correlation between health information technology and missed nursing care. The authors believe that health information technology