NR+319+Acute+MedSurg+Nursing

**Assignment: choose an article related to an adult medical surgical nursing problem covered in class.**

 * ====The article you select must meet the following criteria:====
 * ====published after 2005====
 * ====published in a Nursing journal, such as:====
 * ====Nursing Research (Use CINAHL to find articles on a topic. Full text is **not** available online - Ursuline Library subscribes to this journal in print.)====
 * ====Journal of Nursing Scholarship (available full text online through CINAHL) ====
 * ====Search by keyword/topic in a research database to find an article.====
 * ====**CINAHL** Select these limit options for best results:====
 * =====Publication year (2005-2010)=====
 * =====Peer reviewed=====
 * =====Research article=====
 * =====References available=====
 * =====**Journal Subset: Core Nursing**=====
 * =====English language=====
 * =====Any author is a nurse //(limits your results to articles 2009-present)//=====
 * =====**DO NOT** check the limit option "Evidence-Based Practice." CINAHL's definition of this term is very narrow and your search will not find the research articles you need for this assignment.=====
 * =====**DO NOT** limit to full text. Ursuline Library subscribes (either in print or online) to over 90% of the journals indexed in the "Core Nursing" Journal Subset. If there is not a direct link to full text in CINAHL, click "Find It!" to connect to text elsewhere.=====
 * ====You must review your selected article with your instructor two weeks prior to beginning your written paper====

**General advice & information about finding a research article :**

 * ====Think about your topic to determine broader subject words and related topics. It may be difficult or impossible to find research articles that //precisely// relate to a specific topic. For example, if the patient is recovering from hip replacement surgery, nursing research articles relating to other surgical recovery care issues, including infection control and pain management, may contain relevant information. Try several key words and search terms in your research.====
 * ====How to read a research study article.====
 * ====Many research studies are conducted abroad and then published in English in American journals. There is no database limiter that will electronically weed these studies from your result list. The citation/abstract will often indicate the geographic location of the research, but sometimes you have to look at the full text to be sure.====
 * ====If you have an article citation and you want to locate the full text, use Journal Finder.====
 * ====Understanding databases and nursing research====

Creating Citations:

 * Book: Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed., 2010)
 * APA Formatting and Style Guide from OWL at Purdue (has been updated to APA 6th ed.)
 * How do I format the Running head correctly using Microsoft Word?
 * ===Citation generator:===
 * Noodle Tools: click "Noodle Bib Express" for free access
 * Remember: You are responsible for your citations. Online tools are designed to assist you, but are machine-generated. Double-check the formatting of your sources using an authoritative online or print manual.