Description
You are required to evaluate two (2) nursing or healthcare information related websites that your patients may potentially access for information and submit a written critique for each of the selected sites.
The 2 Website are
Assignment details:
Health on the Net (HON) principles can be found at:
Evaluate each website individually based on the eight (8) HON principles from the above site.
Compare and contrast the findings from the two websites.
In the Summary section – discuss the following:
Were either of the two websites already HON certified?
Why do you think each site was (or was not) certified?
Did HON certification (or lack of HON certification) affect the website quality?
How would this affect your clinical practice and patient interaction/education?
Proper citation (using APA format) must be incorporated into the paper. Do not use extensive quotations from the websites. No more than 2 direct quotes (1 sentence max per quote) are allowed; aside from those, you must convey the information in your own words.
There is no page limit. However, each section (evaluation, compare/contrast, & summary) should be thorough and substantive in content. For example, a brief, high-level synopsis or a 1-to-2 sentence summary would not be sufficient.