Annotated Bibliography, Part 1- Week 5 and Week 7 - Coursework Example

PubMed comprises more than 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. Explain how the source relates to your topic of interest: There are over 10 000 articles in the treatment of pressure ulcers. The last article dates to March 2011 is dealing with how better nursing care can treat pressure ulcers. Explain how the source relates to your topic of interest: A pressure ulcer is often a sign of poor physical care.

This database give research into improving nursing care without going into the "how" and the "why" they occur. Annotation: The more a nurse has access to research the better she is able to give knowledgeable care. Health care changes continually and rapidly. Research has become part of the health profession. This database has been created with nurses in mind. As the population gets older, new illness are more prevalent such as Alzheimer. more research is being done on end of life and palliative care.

Annotation: This is an excellent source of finding evidence-based articles from all medical sources with the goal to improve health care through education and research, and education. The sources deal with all levels of University so be careful when doing research. (undergraduate, graduate, continuing education) Annotation: 15 different databases are used in this one site. One database is in Spanish. They are varied dealing with different levels of medical needs from the consumer to the researcher.

A nurse can look at what is being done at a consumer level or what psychological research is being done on a particular topic for example. She can check what pharmaceutical research has been done. Explain how the source relates to your topic of interest: This site is excellent if you know what database to check because you have to click on each one separately.