Posted: May 1st, 2025

Health & Medical Question

This week you’ll create an Annotated Bibliography in which you summarize, evaluate, and reflect on 3 sources for your persuasive research paper.

Research Question: Are patient-nurse ratios a reason for nursing burnout?

Find 3 sources/articles for your research question.

Begin by reading the  

OWL Resource on Annotated Bibliographies

. You may also want to examine the related OWL resources, “Annotated Bibliography Breakdown,” and Annotated Bibliography Samples,” both of which are linked on the page above. These offer useful examples.

Create your Annotated Bibliography by providing the following for each source:

A full APA Reference citation for the source

A summary of the source (1-2 paragraphs)

An evaluation of the source (2-3 paragraphs)

Is the article recent and the information current?

Is the author qualified to write about this topic? Why?

Are the facts presented in the source reliable? Why?

Is the language objective or emotional? Provide a quote which supports your claim.

4.  A reflection on the source:

How does this source fit into your research?

How do you think you will use this source in your paper?

What challenges do you foresee in using this source effectively?