The document provides instructions for a student assignment to create an annotated bibliography on family mental health nursing. The student will search literature to find 5 current research articles on the topic and write a brief summary and evaluation of relevance for nursing for each article. They will also write a summary paragraph describing family nursing approaches supported by the findings. Guidelines are provided on formatting the bibliography using APA style and a rubric outlines how the assignment will be graded.

1. Family mental health nursing.
1) Annotated bibliography related to family mental health
nursing.
The student will search literature for current research related to
family mental health nursing. The student will create an
annotated bibliography of a minimum of five research articles.
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.
Below are several reputable websites that explain how to
prepare an annotated bibliography.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill28.htm
http://library.ucsc.edu/ref/howto/annotated.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/
The annotated bibliography includes a brief summary of the
research article and an evaluation of the relevance of the
research for nursing. The bibliography should use the APA
citation style
Annotated Bibliography Paper Rubric (30% of Final Grade)
Possible Points
Earned Points
Based on current research related to a specific family health
experience or family nursing care (literature from nursing and

2. related disciplines, but should be pertinent to nursing science)
Based on a minimum of 5 research articles.
5
Includes a brief summary of each research article
5
Includes an evaluation of the relevance of each research arti cle
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
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