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Write a 2–4 page paper in which you include the following:
Topic Identification
Identify the health care topic you have chosen to research.
Write a brief overview of the selected problem or issue.
Describe your interest regarding the selected problem or issue.
Describe any professional experience related to the selected problem or issue.
Discussion of Research
For each of the three resources you have chosen to include in your annotated bibliography, discuss your research and selection process.
Apply academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to the health care problem or issue you are researching.
Identify the keywords you used to select the articles.
Describe the criteria you used to select the resources, including the names of the databases you used.
Assess the credibility of the information sources.
Determine whether each resource is from an academic, peer-reviewed journal.
Determine whether the publication is current.
Determine whether information in the academic peer-reviewed journal article is still relevant.
Explain the relevance of the information sources.
Describe how the health care problem or issue is addressed in each source.
Discuss what kind of contribution each resource provides.
Annotated Bibliography
Analyze each of the three academic, peer-reviewed journal articles you chose, using the annotated bibliography organizational format.
List each full reference in APA format, followed immediately by its annotation.
Present your three annotated references in alphabetical order, according to the reference citation.
Double-space each reference and format it with a hanging indent.
Provide the full APA reference citation, including the author, date, title, publisher or publication, and any additional information required by APA style.
Write the annotation for each citation in paragraph form, using approximately 150 words (or 1–3 paragraphs). Include the following components for each annotation:
Identify the purpose of the article.
Summarize the article.
Include the conclusions and findings of the article.
Summary
Summarize what you learned from developing the annotated bibliography.
Academic Requirements
Your academic writing is expected to conform to the following requirements:
Writing: Produce text with minimal grammar, usage, spelling, and mechanical errors.
Sources: Integrate into text appropriate use of scholarly sources, evidence, and citation style. Use the Evidence and APALinks to an external site. guidelines provided.
Formatting: Include a title page and reference page, Times New Roman, 12 point.
Length: Complete at least 2–4 typed, double-spaced pages, in addition to the title page and reference page.
References: Although you are citing your three scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles within the Annotated Bibliography section of this paper, be sure to also list your citations on a reference page at the end of your paper, along with any other resources you may have included.
Example assignment: You may use the Applying Library Research Skills Example Assignment [PDF] to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the rubric would look like.
Submit your paper as an attached Microsoft Word document.
