Look at the following article, When Worlds Collide: Public Health and Union Rights in Virginia Mason Hospital V Washington State Nurses Association, and using the Evaluating your Research Sources handout as a guide, answer the questions on the following pages.
Instructions for using this guide:
What type of resource is this article in?
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When was this written?
Do you think this is timely for the subject matter? Why or why not?
Read the abstract (in this article, the first paragraph) of this article. What is the author’s purpose in writing this article?
What are the author’s credentials? Does it appear the author is an expert in this field?
Look at the bibliography (References) at the bottom of the article. How many citations are there?
How extensive is the research?
Does this source cover the topic of collective bargaining in depth, partially, or at a shallow level?
Would this source be useful for a paper on collective bargaining in nursing? Why or why not?
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