Annotated Bibliography
Cathy. Registered Nurse at Florida Hospital Kathleen Zandecki. 15 April 2010.
Cathy is a Registered Nurse Secretary on the Medical Surgery Floor. I interviewed her one Thursday
afternoon while she was on shift at the Florida Hospital. She’s been working at this hospital for ten years
and continues to work overtime and the night shift since its better pay. Cathy was very nice and helped
me a lot with this research paper.
Cindy. ICU Registered Nurse Kathleen Zandecki. 25 March 2010.
Cindy is a Registered Nurse on the Intensive Care Unit. She loves being a R.N. and when she found out I
was interested in the career she only had good things to say. Cindy was very nice and had answers to all
my questions. She started working at Florida Hospital six months ago after being a traveling nurse for
many years.
Hobson, Katherine. U.S. News and World Report. 24 August 2004. 17 April 2010
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This article was written after high publicized nursing errors were recorded in the news. There could be
some biased from the author but the research agrees with other research done by the subject. The
article was also written in 2004 so the statistics could have changed by this time. The article’s purpose
was to show the results of research done on nurses that have worked more than the normal hours.
Labor, U.S. Department of. Studentdoc Medical Student's Resource Guide. 4 March 2010. 16 April 2010
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The content on this website is to show a description of what a Registered Nurse does. It’s a credible
source for students in the medical field to educate themselves to know what the responsibilities of
different types of nurses are. For my paper I only needed to state the responsibilities of the Registered
Nurse.
Nursingcrib.com Student Nurses' Community. 19 April 2008. 18 April 2010
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The purpose of this website is to state all the responsibilities that nurses have in the workplace. Not only
are they an advocate for their patient but they are also responsible for them. This content of the source
is to inform and educate people who are curious about what the nursing profession is and if they want
to be part of that profession.
Pitt, Ellen. Registered Nurse Kathleen Zandecki. November 2009.
Ellen has been a Registered Nurse for many years. She works part time and works at a care center for
the elderly. Since she is my aunt, she is very straight up about the responsibilities as a R.N. Though she
loves her job she lets me know how hard and stressful it can be. She is a very reliable source because I
know there was no reason to for her to be untrue.
Statistics, Bureau of Labor. United States Department of Labor. 17 December 2009. 15 April 2010
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The content on this page has all the information about Registered Nurse. It ranges from the amount of
education, nature of work, earnings, wages, and even related occupations. This is the government
website so it has great creditability. The purpose of this website is to inform people about the career
and what all comes with it.
Ulrich, Beth. NurseWeek. 23 August 2004. 14 April 2010
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This was an article from a nurse’s magazine which was written by Beth Ulrich, who is a Registered
Nurse herself. Though the article could be biased, Ulrich shows no forms of it. The source has it’s
creditably because it comes from a nurse who has been there and experienced things for herself.
Though she defends nurses she recommends not to work beyond their limits. The article was written in
2004 so many of the statistics may have changed.