Nursing Resources

Literature Searching for BSN Students

Lawrence, J. (2007). Techniques for searching the CINAHL database using the EBSCO interface. AORN Journal, 85(4), 779-791

Hoss, B., & Hanson, D. (2008). Evaluating the evidence: web sites. AORN Journal, 87(1), 124

Ehrlich-Jones, L., O'Dwyer, L., Stevens, K., & Deutsch, A. (2008). Searching the literature for evidence. Rehabilitation Nursing, 33(4), 163-169

Lacovara, J. (2008, June). When searching for the evidence, stop using Wikipedia!. MEDSURG Nursing, 17(3), 153-153

Kleinpell, R., Gawlinski, A., & Burns, S. (2006). Acute care advisor. Searching and critiquing literature essential for acute care NPs. Nurse Practitioner, 31(8), 12-13

Timmins, F., & McCabe, C. (2005). How to conduct an effective literature search. Nursing Standard, 20(11), 41-47

Carlock, D., & Anderson, J. (2007). Teaching and assessing the database searching skills of student nurses. Nurse Educator, 32(6), 251-255

Haig, A. & Dozier, M. (2003). BEME guide no. 3: Systematic searching for evidence in medical education--part 2: constructing searches. Medical Teacher 25, 463-484

Journal of Emergency Nursing appears to have a column/ongoing series about Evidence-Based Practice....

Klem, M., & Northcutt, T. (2008). Finding the best evidence, part 2: the basics of literature searches. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 34(2), 151-153

Finding the Evidence, Part 1: Understanding Electronic Databases Journal of Emergency Nursing 34(1) Feb 2008 59-60

Triaging the Evidence Journal of Emergency Nursing 34(4) Aug 2008 361-362

Reading and Abstracting the Literature, Part 2 Journal of Emergency Nursing 34(5) Oct 2008 464-465

Column (Evidence-Based Practice) appears to start with Evidence-Based Emergency Nursing Practice: The Journey Begins. Journal of Emergency Nursing 33(4) August 2007 375-380 (reference to: Implementing evidence-based practice in the emergency department: A Place to start Journal of Emergency Nursing 2006; 32:6)

Comments (1)

Lin Wu - Nov 21, 2008 3:03 PM

Just copy & paste the list from email.