Annotated Bibliographies

Anonymous. (1975). Career Advice. Nursing, 5(12). Retrieved November 14, 2008,
from http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy1.lib.depaul.edu/ehost/pdf?vid=2&hid=103&sid=331f910f-0312-4b94-9f4f-12f1f93b1160%40sessionmgr104

This article “provides professional advises on problems connected with the nursing practice in the United States, particularly on career matters. The article explains the inquiry on work-study programs for pediatric nurse specialists; inquiry regarding nursery service offered by hospitals; educational requirements to advance from a graduate nurse into Public Health nurse.” These were the main points of the article. I really enjoyed this article because it gives real life examples with real people. It was something the author’s audience could relate to. Since the audience would be able to relate to the people in the article, it presents a pathos appeal. Rather than give fact after fact, the author decided to appeal to the emotion of his audience. One flaw that was identified was that there were no facts or statistics that may establish ethos. The authors credibility has been lost because his audience would not know if the information he was giving were true or not. This article helped me in determining my profession by showing me the downs of becoming a pediatric nurse. This article did not just tell about the good things about this career, it told about the bad as well. The argument could be made stronger by adding a little more statistics and facts.

Classick, S. (1999). News From the Society. Journal of the Society of Pediatric Nurses,
4(1). Retrieved November 14, 2008, from
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This article is about “the activities to standards for pediatric advanced practice nursing education (preparation), the scope and standards for pediatric advanced practice nursing (clinical), and certification needs of pediatric advanced practice nurses (competencies).” I chose this article because it gave a variety amount of information that I know will be useful to me choosing the career the suits me best. These are the three main points in the article. The article presented to me rhetorically by establishing ethos. It gives percentages on a survey concerning Pediatric Advancing Practice Nursing (PAPN) certification. The article also establishes the author’s credibility. The information becomes convincing and reliable to the audience. Though this was a good article, it had some flaws. One flaw that I recognized was that the author could have elaborated more on the factors regarding advanced certification. She only gave main points on the topic. For example, she gave three points on the internal factors and three points on the external factors. The three internal factors were “certification is a personal challenge, certification will be required in the future, and validity of current exams.” The external factors were “certification will increase salary, certification is required by employer, and cost of certification.” Although this was a flaw, this did not affect or change my decision in wanting to do this profession. Not only could the author have provided more examples, the author could have enlarged more on the preparation on becoming a PAPN rather than giving little detail at all. Not explaining the preparation was one flaw that made me not interested in the article, but it still did not change my mind on the profession that I have chosen.

Fitzpatrick, L. (1977). Nursing. Signs, 2. Retrieved November 14, 2008, from http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy2.lib.depaul.edu/stable/3173212?&Search=yes&term=united&term=pediatric&term=career&term=states&term=nursing&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoAdvancedSearch%3Fq0%3Dpediatric%2Bnursing%26f0%3Dall%26c0%3DAND%26q1%3Dunited%2Bstates%26f1%3Dall%26c1%3DAND%26q2%3Dcareer%26f2%3Dall%26c2%3DAND%26q3%3D%26f3%3Dall%26wc%3Don%26Search%3DSearch%26sd%3D%26ed%3D%26la%3Deng%26jo%3D&item=5&ttl=175&returnArticleService=showArticle

Foster, R. (2008). One Voice on the Scope and Standards for Pediatric Nursing Practice.
Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 13(2). Retrieved November 14, 2008, from http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy1.lib.depaul.edu/ehost/pdf?vid=2&hid=102&sid=1a631c33-bdf4-45fa-86f8-7e85b5155312%40sessionmgr109

Heikes, J. (1991). When Men Are the Minority: The Case of Men in Nursing. The Sociological Quarterly, 32. Retrieved November 14, 2008, from http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy2.lib.depaul.edu/stable/4120914?&Search=yes&term=united&term=pediatric&term=career&term=states&term=nursing&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoAdvancedSearch%3Fq0%3Dpediatric%2Bnursing%26f0%3Dall%26c0%3DAND%26q1%3Dunited%2Bstates%26f1%3Dall%26c1%3DAND%26q2%3Dcareer%26f2%3Dall%26c2%3DAND%26q3%3D%26f3%3Dall%26wc%3Don%26Search%3DSearch%26sd%3D%26ed%3D%26la%3Deng%26jo%3D&item=11&ttl=175&returnArticleService=showArticle

Hoff, T., Nelson, J., Whitcomb, W. (2002). Thriving and Surviving in a New Medical Career: The Case of Hospitalist Physicians. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 43. Retrieved Novemmber 14, 2008, from http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy2.lib.depaul.edu/stable/3090246?&Search=yes&term=united&term=pediatric&term=career&term=states&term=nursing&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoAdvancedSearch%3Fq0%3Dpediatric%2Bnursing%26f0%3Dall%26c0%3DAND%26q1%3Dunited%2Bstates%26f1%3Dall%26c1%3DAND%26q2%3Dcareer%26f2%3Dall%26c2%3DAND%26q3%3D%26f3%3Dall%26wc%3Don%26Search%3DSearch%26sd%3D%26ed%3D%26la%3Deng%26jo%3D&item=2&ttl=175&returnArticleService=showArticle&cookieSet=1

Graf, E., Halfer, D., Sullivan, C. (2008). The Organizational Impact of a New Graduate
Pediatric Nursing Mentoring Program. Nursing Economic$, 26(4). Retrieved November 14, 2008, from http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy1.lib.depaul.edu/ehost/pdf?vid=2&hid=16&sid=dc4797ca-35b1-4166-9d7f-b4a99ca23349%40sessionmgr2

Stone, E. (1995). Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants: Do They Have a Role in
Your Practice? Pediatrics, 96(4). Retrieved November 14, 2008, from
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