Medication errors

  1. View the Assessment Topic Areas 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:
    o Summarize the health care problem or issue.
    o Describe your interest in the topic.
    o Describe any professional experience you have with this topic.
  2. Identify peer-reviewed articles relevant to health care issue or problem.
    o 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.
    o 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.
    o 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.
    o Determine if the source is from an academic peer-reviewed journal.
    o Determine if the publication is current.
    o 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 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:
    o Identify the purpose of the article.
    o Summarize the information.
    o Provide rationale for inclusion of each article.
    o Include the conclusions and findings of the article.
    o Write your annotated bibliography in a paragraph form. The annotated bibliography should be approximately
    150 words (1–3 paragraphs) in length.
    o List the full reference for the source in