A journal article review is a detailed, constructive, and
critical evaluation of published peer-reviewed professional literature. Choose
and read a journal article from a professional nursing publication.
The student will create an American Psychological
Association (APA) format
Provide “Title” page and use APA writing style throughout
the journal article review.
The student will choose from a topic provide that is
relevant to contemporary nursing. The article chosen (not the link) must be
submitted and pre-approved by instructor prior to writing it. This is an
academic, professionally written exercise consisting of a minimum of 3 to 4
paragraphs in length.
Each paragraph contains a minimum of 4 to 5 sentences.
To consist of 750 to 1000 words. (No Less no
more.)
NUR 1211 Library Assignment Topics
GENERAL APA GUIDELINES
Your essay should be typed and double-spaced on
standard-sized paper (8.5″ x 11″), with 1″ margins on all
sides. Include a page header (also known
as the “running head”) at the top of every page.
For a professional paper, this includes your paper title and
the page number. For a student paper, this only includes the page number. To
create a page header/running head, insert page numbers flush right.
Then type “TITLE OF YOUR PAPER” in the header
flush left using all capital letters. The running head is a shortened version
of your paper’s title and cannot exceed 50 characters including spacing and
punctuation.
FONT: Use font size 12 with Arial
The 7th edition of the APA Publication Manual requires that
the chosen font be accessible (i.e., legible) to all readers and that it be
used consistently throughout the paper.
Major Paper Sections
Your essay should include four major sections: the Title
Page, Main Body, and References.
TITLE PAGE
The title page should contain the title of the paper, the
author’s name, and the institutional affiliation. A student paper should also include the
course number and name, instructor name, and assignment due date.
Full
Title of the Article
Student’s
Name
Type your title in upper and lowercase letters centered in
the upper half of the page. The title should be centered and written in
boldface. APA recommends that your title be focused and succinct and that it
should not contain abbreviations or words that serve no purpose. Your title may
take up one or two lines. All text on the title page, and throughout your
paper, should be double-spaced.
When using APA format, follow the author-date method of
in-text citation.
This means that the author’s last name and the year of
publication for the source should appear in the text, like, for example,
(Jones, 1998).
In this exercise there should be only ‘One’ complete
reference.
Your ‘one reference is the article itself.
List only the first author’s name followed by “et al.” in
every citation, even the first, unless doing so would create ambiguity between
different sources.
In et al., et should not be followed by a period. Only
“al” should be followed by a period.
Parenthetical citation: (Grady et al., 2019)
Narrative citation: Grady et al. (2019)
Basic format to Reference page for Journal Articles
1. Author
or authors. The surname is followed by first initials.
2. Year
of publication of the article.
3. Title
of the Article title
4. Journal
title (Capitalize each word, in italics).
5. Volume
of Journal in italics.
6. Issue
number of Journal.
7. Page
range of article.
Grady, J. S., Her, M., Moreno,
G., Perez, C., & Yelinek, J. (2019). Emotions in storybooks:
A comparison of storybooks that represent ethnic and racial
groups in the United States. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8(3),
207–217.
INTRODUCTION: First
review and summarize the journal article. Describe what the article is about.
Present a clear, non-biased understanding of the article’s topic. Mention the
article name and source. What makes the article important? “The main topic of
this journal article is ….”
MAIN BODY: Critically review the
article. Analyze the evidence. Was the research presented in the article
objective or bias? Describe the article’s strength and weakness. Highlight the
positive or negative points. “This article presents the material (well / not
well) because …
” Do not give your opinion on the article’s topic, we are
not experts. Why should or should not the article be recommend reading? Was the
article successful or a failure in relaying information based on the
topic? “I (recommend/ don’t recommend)
reading this article because…”
CONCLUSION:
Conclude with what you learned from analyzing the article. What knowledge was
gained from reading this article? What do the results cited in the article
indicate? Do not present new or additional information in the conclusion, stay
focused on the article topic at hand. “After reading and analyzing this article
I learned that …. “
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NO PLAGIARISM ALLOWED USE APA STYLE CITE
REFERENCE …
Your work will be checked for plagiarism, if you plagiarize
(cut and paste) your work will receive a grade of zero
Proofread your work before turning it in is a must.
Indent all paragraphs.
Journal article must be no more than 5 years old.
APA In-Text Citations examples:
· According
to Jones (2015) …
· Jones
(2015) found evidence of …
· Jones
(2015, p. 50) stated “the statistics showed…”
· The
experiment results … justified the research (Jones, 2015).
APA References examples:
The source reference section is presented immediately after
your conclusion. Here you cite the article source in APA format.
Examples:
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., and Author, C. C. (Year).
Title of article. Title of Periodical,
volume number (issue number), pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy
Jones, H. F. (2015).
Fundamentals for preparing psychology journal articles.
Journal
of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 55, 893-896.
(Title page) (Page
number right aligned ½ inch down from top)
Title of Journal Article
Author
School of Nursing, Southeastern
College
Couse Name
Instructor Name
Date