Annotated Bibliography

Goal: Compile an annotated bibliography. Your bibliography should be based on the Weekly Article Summary related to clinical practice from week 1 through week 6 and should include the following:

1. a template to document useful data.

2. a brief overview of each article, including the research type, major findings, and conclusions.

3. a description of relevance of each article for clinical practice. 

Submission Instructions:

● The bibliography should be original and logically organized.

● The bibliography should follow current APA format for citing and documenting references.

● The bibliography should be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.

● Incorporate a minimum of 3 current (published within last five years) references from peer-reviewed journals.

Read

● LoBiondo-Wood, G. & Haber, J. (2014).

○ Chapter 21

Online Materials & Resources

● Visit the CINAHL Complete under the A-to-Z Databases on the University Library’s website and locate the articles below:

○ Owens, L.D., Koch, R.W. (2015). Understanding quality patient care and the role of the practicing nurse. Nursing Clinics of North America, 50(1), 33-43.

○ Mercurio, P., Ellis, A.S., Schoettker, P.J., Stone, R., Lenk, M.A., Ryckman, F.C. (2014). Using improvement science methods to increase accuracy of surgical consents. AORN Journal, 100(1), 42-53.

● Explore/View the website(s) below:

○ How to improve

○  (Links to an external site.)

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Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (2019). How to improve. http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/HowtoImprove/default.aspx

○ Quality Improvement.pdf
Hughes RG. (2008). Chapter 44: Tools and strategies for quality improvement and patient safety. In Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses, Hughes RG, editor. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2682/

A 16-year-old boy comes to clinic with chief complaint of sore throat for 3 days. Denies fever or chills. PMH negative for recurrent colds, influenza, ear infections or pneumonia’s. NKDA or food allergies. Physical exam reveals temp of 99.6 F, pulse 78 and regular with respiration’s of 18. HEENT normal with exception of reddened posterior pharynx with white exudate on tonsils that are enlarged to 3+. Positive anterior and posterior cervical adenopathy. Rapid strep test performed in office was positive. His HCP wrote a prescription for amoxicillin 500 mg po q 12 hours x 10 days disp #20. He took the first capsule when he got home and immediately complained of swelling of his tongue and lips, difficulty breathing with audible wheezing. 911 was called and he was taken to the hospital, where he received emergency treatment for his allergic reaction.