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 * Evidence-Based Professional Nursing Practice **
 * NR 265 **

PICO(T) Question & Research Strategy

 * **Forming Focused Questions with PICO** (tutorial from UNC)
 * **Developing answerable questions** (interactive tutorial)
 * **Introduction to Literature Reviews** (video)
 * **What is a Database?** (interactive tutorial)
 * ** How to identify and read a research study article **
 * ** Consider these common PICO(T) question problems **
 * ** Important reminders **
 * PICO questions must be answerable in the literature!
 * 1) Search concept by concept to discover existing research
 * 2) Combine concepts using Search History to find articles that answer questions related to your topic of interest
 * 3) Adjust your PICO question if necessary to reflect the available evidence
 * Incorporate **broader terms** and/or **related keywords** in your search strategy
 * Read many abstracts (not just the titles!) of articles to find possibilities
 * NEVER PAY FOR AN ARTICLE! If you have a citation, search for the full text by journal title using Journal Finder. If you still can't locate the article, try Googling the article title (sometimes the text is free online).

Recommended nursing databases

 * ** CINAHL - Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature **
 * Apply these limit options for best results ("Show More" - left-hand navigation bar):
 * Published Dates 2009-2015
 * Research Article (checkbox)
 * English Language (checkbox)
 * Journal Subset: Core Nursing Journals (scroll menu) // Note: this limiter provides best access to full text, but could eliminate some useful results //
 * HUGE result list? Try adding these limit options (use with caution - try searching **with** and **without** additional limiters )
 * Any author is a nurse (checkbox)
 * Randomized Controlled Trials (checkbox)
 * Evidence-based Practice - VERY LIMITING! (literature reviews and meta-analyses from a small group of EBP journals ONLY)
 * ** HOW DO I GET THE FULL TEXT? ** Click ** Find It! ** to locate full text. If ** Find It! ** doesn't find it, search Journal Finder using the title of the journal. If you still can't find the full text, try searching to see if it is free online. **Last resort**: try Article Request (it may take up to 10 days to process your request)
 * **Search tips** (these work in other databases, too!):
 * Combine search terms and concepts using AND/OR
 * Use OR to broaden your search to include related terms (//anxiety OR fear OR worry//)
 * Use AND to narrow your search by combining concepts
 * Use **truncation** to find variants of a word (//therap*= therapy, therapies, therapeutic, etc.//)
 * Use **phrase searching** to find words in a certain order (//e.g., "compression device"//)
 * Use //**Search History**// to combine search result lists
 * Use database limiters to further refine your results
 * **Medline** - comprehensive index to medical literature from the National Library of Medicine
 * Apply these limit options for best results:
 * Date of Publication 2009-2015
 * English Language
 * Journal & Citation Subset: Nursing
 * **MeSH** = Medical Subject Headings
 * Very comprehensive controlled vocabulary - try using MeSH terms as keywords in other databases, too
 * **PubMed** - Publicly available index; use Ursuline Library's link for best access to full text via LinkOut
 * Use these filter options for best results (click Show additional filters to see all filtering options):
 * Published in the last 5 years
 * Language: English
 * Journal Categories - Nursing Journals
 * Don't see the **Find It** button? If you can't get to the full text from PubMed, mouse over the abbreviated journal title. Type that title into Journal Finder to see if we have full text access at Ursuline Library.
 * **PsychInfo** - Indexes articles, books, dissertations, and reports in psychology
 * Apply these limit options for best results:
 * Peer reviewed journal
 * English language
 * Publication dates
 * Tip: try adding keyword nurs* to your search terms

Systematic Reviews

 * **Cochrane** - Database of systematic reviews of medical evidence
 * search by keyword or browse by topic
 * Here's how to cite a Cochrane Review in APA
 * Warning: Cochrane is different! It is not a comprehensive index of the literature; it indexes only Cochrane Reviews and the literature that is accumulated during the Cochrane Review process. Learn more about the Cochrane Libray.
 * ** Other Evidence-Based Nursing Research Resources Online: **
 * Joanna Briggs Institute Library of Systematic Reviews (browse review topics & titles; no full text access from this page)
 * AHRQ: Evidence-Based Decisionmaking
 * National Guideline Clearinghouse

APA Style & Citations

 * Use citation helpers available in some databases ("Cite" in CINAHL's full record display)
 * Always double-check your citations to make sure the format and content is correct!
 * Publication manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed. (book) This is THE authoritative APA style manual. It is not available online.
 * APA style guide to electronic references (ebook) Authoritative online resource adapted from the APA style manual, 6th ed.
 * How do I format the running header in Microsoft Word?
 * Sample APA paper (from OWL at Purdue)


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