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Annotated Bibliography

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Annotated Bibliography

Brodtkorb, K., Skisland, A. V. S., Slettebø, Å. & Skaar, R. (2017). Preserving dignity in end-of-

life nursing home care: Some ethical challenges. Nordic Journal of Nursing

Research, 37(2), 78-84. https://journals.sagepub.com

The authors of the above article are assigned to the Centre if Care research, South at the

University of Agder. Kari Brodtkorb works at the Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences in the

University. It is an online source that discusses palliative care among nurses and the challenges it

comes along with. The authors researched on the occurrence and remedy to ethical challenges

nurses face. The research resulted in the theme, ‘Dignity in end-of-life nursing home care.’ The

ethical challenges, faced in nursing homes and which are closely related to organizational

frames, is an area of concern in palliative care which require further research on.

Evaluation

a. The publication is current and touches on the current challenges in the nursing field.

b. This is a scholarly that which is credible and relevant to the challenges the nurses face.

c. It is relevant to my thesis and touches directly to the challenges.

d. The writers are popular in the field of nursing with their extended experience in the field.

Chan, D. K. Y., & Chan, L. K. M. (2019). Falls in nursing homes: challenges from a nursing

perspective. British journal of community nursing, 24(1), 6-9.

https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2019.24.1.6

The writers are experienced in the field of nursing and offer a variety of information and research

articles concerning nursing in the British Journal for Community Nursing. Tgheir research

strongly supports the challenges inn nursing homes. The elderly make a good number of the

patients admitted in the nursing home. The research done by the authors produced the likelihood
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of more falls coming from the elderly in the nursing homes. The authors strongly agree that the

issue of falls among elderly that increase their risk for injuries is an upcoming problem in the

nursing homes.

a. The publication is current. It was published within the last five years.

b. The source is credible and hits directly to the challenges of nurses.

c. The article is in support of the thesis and discusses the challenges in depth.

d. The source is known to many since it is a popular journal.

Chegini, Z., Asghari Jafarabadi, M., & Kakemam, E. (2019). Occupational stress, quality of

working life and turnover intention amongst nurses. Nursing in critical care, 24(5), 283-

289. https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.12419

The writers have a wide content and experience regarding nursing and the challenges in the field

of nursing. The researchers prepared d a questionnaire for nurses in the CCU inquiring about the

stress and quality of work that let to turnover problems among the nurses. They strongly agreed

that less stress and high quality work reduced the possibility of occurrence. The author proposed

that further research should be conducted to confirm if these factor applied to other setting as

well. It is suggestive that the problems nurses’ face need to be handled for better work quality.

Evaluation

a. The publication is current and touches on the current challenges in the nursing field.

b. It is a scholarly source hence very credible. It is free and can be easily accessed online by

the reader.

c. The source strongly supports my thesis of nurses’ involvement in solving their issues

among handling other challenges

d. The source is a popular journal of nursing read by many.

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 Mutshatshi, T. E., Mothiba, T. M., Mamogobo, P. M., & Mbombi, M. O. (2018). Record-

keeping: Challenges experienced by nurses in selected public

hospitals. Curationis, 41(1), 1-6.  http://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v41i1.1931

The authors work in the University of Limpopo at the Department of Nursing Science. Their

research on nursing issues have ben appreciated over the years. The research was on the

challenges experienced by nurses in the record keeping. Lack of resources just as shortage of

staffing remains a problem in the nursing fired as per the research. Proper time management is

required to manage doing the tasks due to increased rate of admissions in the hospital. However,

further training record-keeping should continue among nurses.

Evaluation

a. The source is current and is the latest publication on the nursing challenges.

b. It is a scholarly source whose credibility cannot be doubted. The topic handled is in line

with my topic and would offer adequate guidance to the research.

c. The source strongly supports my thesis of nurses’ involvement in solving their issues

among handling other challenges.

d. The source is popular, from a well-known journal.

 Nyashanu, M., Pfende, F., & Ekpenyong, M. (2020). Exploring the challenges faced by frontline

workers in health and social care amid the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences of frontline

workers in the English Midlands region, UK. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 34(5),

655-661. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2020.1792425

The authors are professors of different institution with the wide range of knowledge in the field

of nursing. Ekpenyong works in Metropolitan University of Manchester in the Faculty of Health.

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The authors focused on challenges amidst the COVID-19 pandemic among nurses. Inadequate

staffing topped among the challenges. Other included inadequate protective gear compared to the

risk of contracting the disease. Despite the challenges regarding the nurses in the time of the

pandemic, there were recommendation for preparedness in case of a pandemic.

Evaluation

a. The source is current and published within the last five years

b. It is a scholarly source hence very credible. It is free and can be easily accessed online by

the reader.

c. The source is relevant to the studies on the challenges facing nurses in the nursing home.

d. The source is known to many since it is a popular journal.

Reference

Brodtkorb, K., Skisland, A. V. S., Slettebø, Å. & Skaar, R. (2017). Preserving dignity in end-of-

life nursing home care: Some ethical challenges. Nordic Journal of Nursing

Research, 37(2), 78-84. https://journals.sagepub.com

Chan, D. K. Y., & Chan, L. K. M. (2019). Falls in nursing homes: challenges from a nursing

perspective. British journal of community nursing, 24(1), 6-9.

https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2019.24.1.6

Chegini, Z., Asghari Jafarabadi, M., & Kakemam, E. (2019). Occupational stress, quality of

working life and turnover intention amongst nurses. Nursing in critical care, 24(5), 283-

289. https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.12419
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 Mutshatshi, T. E., Mothiba, T. M., Mamogobo, P. M., & Mbombi, M. O. (2018). Record-

keeping: Challenges experienced by nurses in selected public

hospitals. Curationis, 41(1), 1-6.  http://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v41i1.1931

Nyashanu, M., Pfende, F., & Ekpenyong, M. (2020). Exploring the challenges faced by frontline

workers in health and social care amid the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences of frontline

workers in the English Midlands region, UK. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 34(5),

655-661. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2020.1792425