27 Sep Objectives After completing this activity, the learner will be able to: ? Identify several professional nursing journals available in the media c

Objectives

After completing this activity, the learner will be able to:

· Identify several professional nursing journals available in the media center.

· Locate online articles in established professional nursing journals.

· Review a journal article and critique it for content and credibility.

· Summarize the author’s ideas in the student’s own words, without plagiarizing.

· Write a bibliography according to accepted standards.

· Present a brief (five minutes) oral synopsis of a professional article.

Purpose of Activity

Professional journals provide a means of communication between various segments of the nursing profession. Current research findings are documented in these periodicals to keep other members of the profession up to date on new theories and modalities used to treat clients. Nursing students should become familiar with professional journals so that they become accustomed to reading them to keep abreast of current trends in the profession. They also should learn to discriminate between journals and authors to determine which are worthy and reliable. The purpose of the journal article review is to help the beginning nursing student become aware of the professional journals that are available to them and to learn about an area of personal interest that relates to client care.

Project Guidelines

· Review the course objectives located in the course Syllabus. (infection control)

· Consider a topic of interest to you that correlates with a course objective, has relevance to nursing, and would also have some appeal to your classmates.

· Using appropriate library catalog or search tools, find a professional nursing journal article from a recommended source that addresses the topic.

· If you are unsure the the journal article you chose would be considered a professional nursing journal article, check with your instructor for guidance.

· Following the rubric provided, prepare a review of the journal article to be presented to your clinical group during pre or post conference time as assigned.

· The oral presentation should include a brief, five minute or less, review of:

· Journal title

· Journal article title

· Author (at least one author is a nurse)

· Date published (within five years)

· Content

· Findings of article

· Why chose this article and why relevant to Foundations of Nursing course

· Do not attempt to teach the content of the article.

· The presentation date/time will be assigned clinical faculty.

· Provide a copy of the rubric and article accompanied by a bibliography to your clinical instructor.

· For help with formatting your bibliography in APA–please visit the Purdue Owl website:  https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10

Journal article APA reference examples (separate reference page, reference needs a hanging indent and is double spaced): 

Without a doi number:

Author(s) last name, First initial. Middle initial. (Year). Title of article.  Title of Journal in Italics,  Volume number in italics(Issue number), Page numbers. 

With a doi number:

Author(s) last name, First initial. Middle Initial. (Year). Title of article.  Title of Journal in italics, Volume number in italics(Issue number), Page numbers.       https://doi.org/xxx . 

Printable Rubric

Click here to download  (New change: in the summarize area there is a  NOTE: No written summary required, this is a verbal presentation. .