NSGA 140: Intro to Nursing Concepts and Clinical Judgment - Indianapolis

Research Article Reflection

Students will choose a research article that highlights Nursing Practice and Patient Outcomes and answer the following questions using examples from the chosen article:

1. What was this research study about?

2. How did nurses play a role in this research study?

3. What were the conclusions from this study?

4. How has this research impacted client outcomes?

CINAHL and PubMed are two databases with specific methods for finding articles authored by nursing professionals.

CINAHL

1. Connect to the CINAHL database.

2. Enter your search terms: On the CINAHL search page, input your keywords for the topic you are researching.

3. Find the "Limit Your Results" section: Scroll down the page to locate the "Limit Your Results" panel. 

4. Apply the filter: Click on either...

• First Author is Nurse: To retrieve records where the first (primary) author is identified as a nurse. 
• Any Author is Nurse: To find records where at least one author is a nurse.

5. Click "Search."

Here is a video tutorial on how to search for articles in CINAHL with Full Text where at least one of the authors is a nurse. For more information, contact the library.

PubMed

PubMed does not have a limiter for articles authored by a nurse. However, you can construct a search for nurse authors.

1. Connect to PubMed.
    
2. In the search box enter (copy and paste) the following search exactly as it appears below:

"RN"[ad] OR "CRNA"[ad] OR "MSN"[ad] OR "APRN"[ad] OR "CNS"[ad] OR "DNP"[ad] OR "NP"[ad] OR "nursing"[ad] AND [your search term]

3. Replace [your search term] with your actual search term!
    
4. Click Search

So for example, if you wanted to search Pubmed for nurse-authored articles on "patient falls" your search would look like this: 

"RN"[ad] OR "CRNA"[ad] OR "MSN"[ad] OR "APRN"[ad] OR "CNS"[ad] OR "DNP"[ad] OR "NP"[ad] OR "nursing"[ad] AND Patient Falls