N362 Family and Societal Nursing for RNs
Annotated Bibliography Assignment Description
Annotated bibliography: This assignment will assist you in completing the research for your
Family Nursing Project due at the end of the course. Be sure to review the Final Nursing Project
Assignment and consider the family you are visiting as you choose a topic and start researching
for your annotated bibliography. Your research for this assignment should help support the
family level approaches, interventions, and actions you will be providing to your chosen
family during the second visit of your Family Nursing Project.
Assignment:
1. Develop an annotated bibliography related to an area of family nursing research of
interest to you and relevant to nursing practice and your final project (Family Nursing
Project Assignment).
2. Search literature for current (within the past ten years– exceptions can always be made in
dates for seminal articles of critical importance to the topic) research related to a specific
family health experience or family nursing care. Students may select the health care
setting, health condition, and family stage of development.
3. Create an annotated bibliography of a minimum of five research articles. The annotated
bibliography can include literature from related disciplines but should be pertinent to
nursing science. The student will create a summary paragraph listing and describing the
family nursing approaches/interventions/actions that are supported by the findings
described in the annotated bibliography.
4. Post the bibliography on the discussion forum for review by peers and submit to the
Dropbox for instructor evaluation. A discussion forum will occur to allow students to
review colleagues’ submissions.
Below are several reputable websites that explain how to prepare an annotated bibliography.
https://guides.library.cornell.edu/annotatedbibliography
http://library.ucsc.edu/ref/howto/annotated.html
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/common_writing_assignments/annotated_bibliograp
hies/index.html
Annotated Bibliography Rubric
Annotated Bibliography Paper Rubric
Possible Points Earned Points
Based on current research related
to a specific family health
experience or family nursing
care (literature from nursing and
related disciplines, but should be
pertinent to nursing science)
Based on a minimum of 5 research
articles (within the past ten years–
exceptions can always be made in
dated for seminal articles of
critical importance to the topic)
5
Includes a brief summary of each
research article
5
Includes an evaluation of the
relevance of each research article
for family nursing
5
Summary paragraph listing and
describing the family nursing
approaches/interventions/actions
that are supported by the
findings described in the annotated
bibliography.
5
Adheres to APA citation style
5
Spelling and Grammar
5
Total 30
