Use the University Library to locate peer-reviewed research articles related to a research study about health or health care issues, concerns, or trends.

• The research article must describe a research study, not an editorial or brief.
• The research study must be based in the United States from 2010 to the present.
• It is recommended that you select health topics of interest to you or your job, with no complex statistical analyses. 

Select at least 3 peer-reviewed* articles to use to complete an annotated bibliography. The 3 research articles can be based on the same or different topics. Topic ideas can include (but are not limited to):

• Adolescent obesity (select different geographic locales: urban vs rural)
• Infection rates among ICU patients
• Readmission rates for congestive heart failure patients
• Patient satisfaction or patient experience of care
• Population health management in diabetes care
• Care coordination or care continuum
• Patient safety or quality management

 Complete the annotated bibliography based on the 3 articles you selected from the University Library. 

 Be sure to do the following for each bibliography:

• Summarize the research study in your own words (at least 150 words).
• Include the major areas of the research study, such as the sample, geographic location, and the outcome.
• Bibliographies should not include any direct quotes or in-text citation.

 Remember to alphabetize your annotated bibliography. 

  Answers must:

• Be 100 words or more
• Use the stand English grammar and spelling
• References are cited (if necessary)
• Case Study Chapter 9

 Environmental Health and Safety Nurses are charged to incorporate knowledge of the environment into their nursing practice. Nurses are essential to improve environmental health through nursing education, research, and practice. A public health nurse incorporates an “upstream” focus in the community health position working with the community population. The community health nurse must consider the precautionary principle in the upstream focus. The nurse has to consider how the core functions of public health will be applied. 

1. What strategic actions does the community health nurse need to consider as part of the upstream framework? 

2. The community health nurse is using the precautionary principle in the upstream framework in the community. What is the precautionary principle and how is it applied to public health and the core functions? 

3. The core functions of public health can be applied to public health nursing. What are the core functions of public health?