Perform an analysis of the CDC website, used for information to utilize in your professional nursing practice or assist with your schoolwork to determine if the website is a scholarly resource.

Instructions

Search
the internet for a website that provides information on an area of interest in
professional nursing practice or one you would like to utilize for college
work.

I chose Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

This
assignment is about analyzing the website above (CDC). 

Paper
must contain a title and reference page in APA 7th edition format.

1.    
The body of the paper
must be 2-3 pages in length (this is excluding the title and reference pages)

2.    
Paper must include two
or more scholarly resources that show support for your statements, cited and
referenced, to show support for your statements. Your textbook could be one of
the resources.

3.    
Introduction – Include
the title or name of the website, the domain abbreviation, and name (such as
.edu for education), and the URL of the website or website address.

4.    
Perform an analysis of a
website following the Guidelines for Evaluation Online Information found on
page 11 of Hood (2018) table 1.2. You may find it easier to make each one of
the requirements a paragraph and title it according to the rubric.

o  
Accuracy or
verifiability of the information

o  
Authority or credentials
of the source

o  
Objectivity or bias

o  
Currency

o  
Scope (Content)

o  
Site format

o  
Cost and accessibility

5.    
Present your
determination of whether the website is scholarly and should be used.

6.    
Provide one reason why
it is important for nurses to know whether a website is scholarly.