Journal: Choose Your Article
1. Review the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document.
2. View the Final Project Articles document and select the article you will use for your final project.
3. Address the following in your research journal entry:
o Your article selection
o The purpose of the article
o The research questions asked by the article
o The article's hypothesis
Before you conduct your final project article analysis, it is imperative that you make sure you have selected an article from the list provided by your instructor. These articles have been vetted to ensure that they contain the information necessary to complete the critical elements required in your final project. In this journal activity, select an article for your final project and identify specific key elements.
Directions: Select one pair of articles from the list below. You will complete analyses on the primary article and then the reference article. Nursing Primary Article: Geiger-Brown, J., Sagherian, K., Zhu, S., Wieroniey, M. A., Blair, L., Warren, J., . . . Szeles, R. (2016). Napping on the night shift: A two-hospital implementation project. American Journal of Nursing, 116(5), 26-33.
Reference Article: Edwards, M. P., McMillan, D. E., & Fallis, W. M. (2013). Napping during breaks on night shift: Critical care nurse managers' perceptions. Dynamics (Pembroke, Ont.), 24(4), 30-35.
Public Health Primary Article: Chen, D., Jaenicke, E. C., & Volpe, R. J. (2016). Food environments and obesity: Household diet expenditure versus food deserts. American Journal of Public Health, 106(5), 881-888.
Reference Article: Morland, K. B., & Evenson, K. R. (2009). Obesity prevalence and the local food environment. Health & Place, 15(2), 491- 495.
Health Information Management Primary Article: Ostrovsky, A., O'Conner, L., Marshall, O., Angelo, A., Barrett, K., Majeski, E., . . . Levy, J. (2016). Predicting 30- to 120-day readmission risk among Medicare fee-for-service patients using nonmedical workers and mobile technology. Perspectives in Health Information Management, Winter 2016, 1-20.
Reference Article: Kaushal, R., Kern, L. M., Barrón, Y., Quaresimo, J., & Abramson, E. L. (2010). Electronic prescribing improves medication safety in community-based office practices. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 25(6), 530-536.
Health Administration Primary Article: Al-Amin, M., Makarem, S. C., & Canose, J. (2016). The effects of hospital-level factors on patients' ratings of physician communication. Journal of Healthcare Management, 61(1), 28-43.
Reference Article: White, H. L., & Glazier, R. H. (2011). Do hospitalist physicians improve the quality of inpatient care delivery? A systematic review of process, efficiency and outcome measures. BMC Medicine, 9(58).