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Article Analysis

Purpose

In line with the University of Central Florida's "Information Fluency" initiative, this assignment assesses the student's ability to "Gather, Evaluate and Use" consumer information from the World Wide Web. In keeping with the objectives of this course, this assignment exposes the student to the economics, current situations, policy ramifications and the associated public discussions regarding health care in the United States. Some of what you will find is correct. You are also just as likely to find information that is biased, agenda driven and downright incorrect. It is up to the student to attempt to determine, based on what has been learned in this course, what is correct, what might be correct and what is not correct.

General Instructions

Each student will write an analysis of a web-based source of information on health care in the United States. Sources can range from full length article in the electronic versions of newspapers to freely accessible blog sites found on the internet. Whatever the source being critiqued, it must be aimed at the average consumer and NOT the professional RN or health care provider.

Sources:

• • The consumer press includes magazines (Time, Newsweek, Good Housekeeping - anything the lay public may read) and local or national newspapers. The full length web version of a magazine or newspaper article can be used. (Suggestion: save this right away since free access to such articles may stop a few days after they appear.)
  • The article must be accessible to the instructor at the time of grading. Consider saving the web page and including it as an attachment in the assignment submission. Otherwise, you may lose points for an inactive URL submission.

• Format:

  • Please insert your name as a Header.
  • Use APA format to cite the article at the beginning of the report. (You do not need to use citations in the rest of the paper since it is clear it is drawn from the article.)
  • Include the actual (working) URL!
  • Summary - Summarize the article in 1-2 paragraphs.This should tell the reader what the article was about and major points made
  • Analysis - Analyze (3-5 paragraphs) the issue or event described in the article in relationship to the nursing profession, the health care system or the health of individuals, families or communities.
  • Relevance - Depending on the topic of the article, address its relationship to current or pending legislation, the relationships between health care institutions, barriers or facilitators to access to care, ethical, cultural or diversity issues in health care.
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     An example.

• Writing Tips:

  • The analysis should reflect your thoughts about the topic and demonstrate that you have considered the site of the publication, where you gathered the material, that you evaluated what was said, and that you have made a decision as to how this information can and should be used. See Modules Start here for an example.
  • Neither the analysis nor summary should contain ANY direct quotes

Submit your report as an attachment in the assignment section of the course. Include the URL in the text of the posting or as an attached, saved web site. In addition, please submit this assignment to TURNITIN.COM (Course ID:                  6430892              ; Password: ucfnurse). You will find instructions for using this tool in the assignments folder.

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