How to Create a 3-5-page annotated bibliography and summary based on your research related to best practices addressing one of the health care problems or issues in the Assessment Topic Areas media piece faced by a healthcare organization that is of interest to you.

NHS FP4000 Capella University Medical Errors Annotated Bibliography

Assessment 2 : Applying Research Skills

Create a 3-5-page annotated bibliography and summary based on your research related to best practices addressing one of the health care problems or issues in the Assessment Topic Areas media piece faced by a healthcare organization that is of interest to you.

INTRODUCTION

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 review the Assessment Topic Areas media piece and select one of the health care problems or issues to research a current health care problem or issue faced by a healthcare organization that is of interest to you.

DEMONSTRATION OF PROFICIENCY

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

Competency 1: Apply information literacy and library research skills to obtain scholarly information in the field of health care.

■ Identify academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to a health care problem or issue and describe the criteria used for the literature search.

Competency 2: Apply scholarly information through critical thinking to solve problems in the field of health care.

■ Assess the credibility and relevance of information sources.

■ Summarize what was learned from developing an annotated bibliography.

■ Analyze academic peer-reviewed journal articles using the annotated bibliography organizational format.

Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others, and that is consistent with expectations for health care professionals.

■ Summarize a health care problem or issue and describe a personal interest in it and experience with it.

■ Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.

■ Write following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references.

NHS FP4000 Capella University Medical Errors Annotated Bibliography Instructions

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, you will research best practices related to a current health care problem.

Your selected problem or issue will be utilized again in Assessment 3. To explore your chosen topic, you should use the first two steps of the Socratic Problem-Solving Approach to aid your critical thinking.

● View the Assessment Topic Areas | Transcript media piece and select one of the health care problems or issues in the media piece to research. Write a brief

overview of the selected topic. In your overview:

■ Describe the health care problem or issue.

■ Describe your interest in the topic.

■ Describe any professional experience you have with this topic.

● 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 want to access the applicable Undergraduate Library Research Guide related to your degree (found at the NHS Learner Success Lab) for tips to help you in your search.

■ Use keywords related to the health care problem or issue you are researching to select relevant articles.

● Assess the credibility of the information sources you find.

■ Determine if the source is from an academic peer-reviewed journal.

■ Determine if the publication is current.

■ Determine if information in the academic pe