The purpose of this discussion activity is to learn how to use appropriate resources in an academic activity; writing an Annotated Bibliography; and sharing resources with peers. Using reliable evidence to support your writing is important not only in the academic setting, but also in your career and professional activities. Becoming familiar with and using scholarly resources is an integral part of your studies.
For this Discussion assignment, you will develop an Annotated Bibliography on the topic of social justice for a Vulnerable/Special Population and a related Health Care Policy.
- Step 1: Please review these Resources for this assignment:
- SUNY Empire Library- https://www.sunyempire.edu/library/
- Purdue Writing Lab Annotated Bibliographies- https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/common_writing_assignments/annotated_bibliographies/index.html
- Sample of Annotated Bibliography: Purdue Owl APA Annotated Bibliography- https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/common_writing_assignments/annotated_bibliographies/annotated_bibliography_samples.html
- Conduct a literature search. Choose two current articles that discusses the major
- health needs or challenges of a vulnerable population (i.e racial/ethnic minorities, uninsured women/children, individuals living in rural areas, are homeless, mentally ill, chronically ill/disabled individuals, or patients diagnosed with HIV/AIDS).
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- The articles must have been published within the last five years.
- The articles must be from peer reviewed professional health-related journals.
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- Identify a current health care policy (recently introduced or passed) that impacts social justice for the population under discussion.
- Step 2: Create an annotated bibliography on each of the two articles you selected.
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- Elements of an Annotated Bibliography:
- An Introduction to the problem/issue.
- Discuss the vulnerable population of choice.
- Identify the legislative policy that was designed to impact social justice for the vulnerable population (reference policy appropriately).
- Write the Reference of the first article written in APA format.
- A Summary of the article analyzing information related to the vulnerable population of choice (1-2 paragraphs).
- Include a short analysis of the source.
- How to evaluate/analyze a source can be found at this link. directions
- Include a short analysis of the source.
- Repeat the Reference and Summary for the second article
- An Introduction to the problem/issue.
- A Conclusion paragraph which summarizes your key points.
- Elements of an Annotated Bibliography:
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- Step 3: Submit an initial discussion post which includes:
- Your topic listed in the title of the post.
- A brief introduction to your topic, and why you are interested in this topic.
- Annotated bibliographies of the 2 chosen articles written in the Annotated Bibliography format.
- Step 4: Discuss with your peers how the nursing profession’s responsibilities related to advocacy for social justice could influence the future of health care related to the vulnerable population and legislation under discussion.
- In addition to posting an initial post and posting substantial information in response to your peers, you will also need to manage your own discussion thread. This means that you are responsible for responding to peers that comment on your initial post by answering questions and by contributing additional scholarly information that promotes and advances the discussion.