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NURSING: Nursing Research

Evidence-Based Research

Claims or Evidence?

 

Evaluate What's the evidence to support their claims? Who wrote this? Are these sources authoritative, accurate, or suitable for citing? 

 


Types of sources: Blogs, news, leisure, peer-reviewed research, etc.

 

 


Levels of Evidence

Levels of evidence-based research worksheet

Explanations and examples of levels of evidence

Journal Articles & APA

APA TipsheetDatabases Tipsheet

Use these health & medical library databases to find different peer-reviewed journal articles:

 

Publicly available databases:
Tip: Add nursing to your search string.

  • PMC PubMed Central (video)
    • Limit by date
    • Automatic APA citation
    • Fulltext access to 8+ million articles
  • Google Scholar (short video). Not all articles are free. To get the free articles:
    • Change Settings > Library Links > Add Kapiolani (video 0:36s)
    • Click Cite to grab the APA citation (video 1m 34s)
    • Use Cited By and Related Articles to expand your results
  • MedlinePlus: Patient-education resources.

Tools to help you read:

  • Install NotebookLM (video): Store your articles and your notes, ask for summaries, ask AI questions about the articles, and even generate a podcast.
    • Click Create 
    • Add Source (Link to the PDF, websites, etc.)
    • Ask your questions
    • Try the Briefing Doc or FAQ feature for an overview of the articles
    • Click Notebook Guide to generate Audio Overview/podcast
  • Install Google Scholar PDF Reader to view article outlines quickly

Reading scholarly journal articles
NURS 101 | NURS 210 

eBooks and More

Websites

Hawaii Census

 

How do I search smarter in Google?
Try limiting your search by date, domain (site:.edu or site:.gov) to get a more targeted search, and filetype:pdf. See the video below for more tips or check out this cheat sheet

 

 

 

Click on individual links below, or search them all at once by using the search bar below.

HIPAA Health Information Privacy
NLN National League for Nursing
CDC: National Center for Health Statistics
National Institute of Nursing Research
Lippincott's Nursing Center
 

 

ChatGPT | Guide for Students

ATI TEAS

Check out the ATI online practice tests and books.

Practice tests and study guides:

  • eBooks you can use online anytime
  • Books you can borrow from the library

Tutoring:

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