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Module 5 Annotated Bibliography Assignment – this assignment documents your
individualized research during the course.
Select a general topic from the provided list below and pursue a self-directed reading/research
program. Using the UWF online library you are to locate and read three scholarly research
articles from professional nursing journals on one topic of your choice from the list provided.
Do not use an online journal.
Literature should be relevant to the focus of the geriatric population and must be from scholarly
nursing journal research articles.
Your references and citations must be in APA format; there is a required minimum of 3
sources. Submit to Dropbox by the due date and time.
The use of annotated bibliographies may be a new concept to you. They are brief and concise
and more than a summary of the article. Further information is available through the UWF
library tutorial on both annotated bibliographies AND how to find a scholarly research article
• A bibliography is a list of citations to books, journal articles, and other works.
• An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, journal articles, and other
works accompanied by descriptive and/or critical paragraph length summaries
Module 5 – Management of Geriatric Syndromes: Annotated Bib Topics
• Falls in Older Adults
• Anxiety & Depression in the Older Adult
• Urinary Incontinence
• Sleep Disorders
• Dysphagia and Malnutrition
• Pressure Ulcers
Each article will be assessed on the following:
Annotation - Descriptive and/or critical paragraph length summary of the work and should
include its:
1. scope or purpose
2. intended audience or level
3. expertise and credentials of the author(s)
4. objectivity of author(s)
5. special features
6. timeliness
7. critical or descriptive evaluation
8. demonstrating correct APA format on ALL three journal article citations.
t is highly recommended you review the UWF library tutorial on annotated bibliographies
and view the included example. http://libguides.uwf.edu.ezproxy.lib.uwf.edu/bibliography
Another excellent resource on annotated bibliographies is the Cornell University Library
If you do not know how to access a scholarly journal article through the UWF database OR
don't know what a scholarly article is go to the UWF library tutorials.



There are 20 points possible for assigned submission. Evaluation rubric
Criteria Article 1 Article 2 Article 3
Scope or purpose 1 1 1
Intended audience or
level
1 1 1
Expertise, Credentials,
and Objectivity of
author(s)
1 1 1
Special
features/Timeliness
1 1 1
Critical or descriptive
evaluation
2 2 2

Reference APA 2 total points for all three articles correctly referenced (no partial credit)


The following annotated bibliography example accessed from Cornell University website. Note
the reference is lacking indentation and double spacing and is in bold. This is fine for this
assignment, but the remaining format (correct use of caps, italics, sequencing of information)
must comply with APA.
Waite, L. J., Goldschneider, F. K., & Witsberger, C. (1986). Nonfamily living and the
erosion of traditional family orientations among young adults. American Sociological
Review, 51 (4), 541-554.
The authors, researchers at the Rand Corporation and Brown University, use data from the
National Longitudinal Surveys of Young Women and Young Men to test their hypothesis that
nonfamily living by young adults alters their attitudes, values, plans, and expectations, moving
them away from their belief in traditional sex roles. They find their hypothesis strongly
supported in young females, while the effects were fewer in studies of young males. Increasing
the time away from parents before marrying increased individualism, self-sufficiency, and
changes in attitudes about families. In contrast, an earlier study by Williams cited below  shows
no significant gender differences in sex role attitudes as a result of nonfamily living.

An annotated bibliography has two parts:

Citation- Bibliographic information formatted according to a specific style (e.g., Turabian, APA, MLA). Bibliographic information usually includes the work's:
author
title
date
publisher information
volume/issue number
Annotation- Descriptive and/or critical paragraph length summary of the work. The summaries of the work may include its:
scope or purpose
intended audience or level
expertise and credentials of the author(s)
objectivity of author(s)
special features
timeliness
critical or descriptive evaluation