health care organization

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 health care 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 health care organization that is of interest to
you.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your
proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring
guide criteria:
 Competency 1: Apply information literacy and library research skills to obtain
scholarly information in the field of health care.
o 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.
o Assess the credibility and relevance of information sources.
o Summarize what was learned from developing an annotated bibliography.
o Analyze academic peer-reviewed journal articles using the annotated
bibliography organizational format.
 Competency 4: Write for a specific audience, in appropriate tone and style, in
accordance with Capella's writing standards.
o Summarize a health care problem or issue and describe a personal interest in it
and experience with it.
o Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation,
and mechanics.
o Write following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references.
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, 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.
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.
2. 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.
2. 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.