- Step One: Locate an article in a professional nursing journal
- Locate the name of a recent (<5 years), professional, nursing journal related to the area of nursing you are interested in pursuing. Please refer to the to help guide you. You may also consider finding a journal published by a professional nursing organization you located in your Exploring Nursing Assignment.
- Find one scholarly, peer-reviewed article in that journal that interests you and read it; editorial and topical articles will not suffice.
- You will need to include a copy of your article with your assignment submission; this needs to be a .pdf file and not just a copy of the link.
- Step Two: Summarize the article
- On a Microsoft Word document, type a one page (double spaced) summary of the article you read. Make sure your name and date are on the top of the page.
- In your summary, make sure and use in-text citations, including page numbers if you use a direct quote. Remember, even information that is summarized must be cited to avoid plagiarism.
- Follow APA format (double space, no bold font, in-text citations) and make sure and use complete sentences, grammar, and spelling. You do not need a title page or headers but you must include your reference at the end.
- The reference must be in APA format. Please refer to the in the course for help and examples.
- Step Three: Submit TWO attachments to Canvas
- Attach the summary in Word format
- Attach the article as a .pdf format
- Please see the rubric for details on how to avoid deductions for this assignment.
