Research Guides: Nursing: Class Materials & Tutorials

Class Materials & Handouts

10/18/23 NS200: Searching for the Evidence
Library presentation for NS200 on October 18th, 2023.
10/10/23 NS200: Searching for the Evidence
Library Presentation for NS200 on October 10th, 2023.
Nursing Resources at the UCI Libraries
Building the Literature Search (Updated Oct. 2022) Constructing a search for relevant research in databases such as PubMed, CINAHL and others can be challenging. This handout attempts to show the process of moving from a topic/question, to the PICO format, the development of a search strategy, and finally to (hopefully) the identification of published research relevant to the topic in question.
How To Identify High Quality Articles & Journals (10/2022) There are thousands of journals published in Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, and other health science fields each year and the number is only growing. So how do you identify a high-quality research-oriented journal? This document will look at factors to consider when determining article and journal quality, including peer review, impact factors, and other criteria.
Searching For Practice Guidelines with Trip Pro (Oct. 2022) Trip Pro is designed to allow users to find high-quality research evidence. Trip Pro also allows clinicians to search across other content types including practice guidelines, images, videos, patient information leaflets, educational courses and news. Trip Pro has an integrated PICO search function to allow users to search on a specific clinical question. This handout focuses on using Trip Pro to locate practice guidelines.

NS108W Conducting Literature Searches Presentation (Fall 2023)
NS108W - Library Resources Handout (Fall 2023)
Nursing Science 179AW - Searching for the Evidence (updated April 2023)
PowerPoint presentation. Includes material not covered in class.
Nursing Science 125 - Searching for the Evidence (updated October 10, 2022)
Building the Literature Search (Updated Oct. 2022) Constructing a search for relevant research in databases such as PubMed, CINAHL and others can be challenging. This handout attempts to show the process of moving from a topic/question, to the PICO format, the development of a search strategy, and finally to (hopefully) the identification of published research relevant to the topic in question.

NS 110W ONLINE TEXTBOOKS available through the UCI Libraries

NS 208 - Nursing Resources (Fall 2022)
NS284 - Searching for the Evidence (Winter 2023) Covers the following topics: - From Topic to Clinical Question to PICOT to Search Strategy to Results! - Search Filters in PubMed and CINAHL Complete - How To Identify High Quality Articles & Journals
Building the Literature Search (Updated Oct. 2022) Constructing a search for relevant research in databases such as PubMed, CINAHL and others can be challenging. This handout attempts to show the process of moving from a topic/question, to the PICO format, the development of a search strategy, and finally to (hopefully) the identification of published research relevant to the topic in question.

DNP Student Orientation (Fall 2023)
Guide to the UCI Library Resources for incoming DNP students
NS200 - Searching for the Evidence (Fall 2022)
Building the Literature Search (Updated Oct. 2022) Constructing a search for relevant research in databases such as PubMed, CINAHL and others can be challenging. This handout attempts to show the process of moving from a topic/question, to the PICO format, the development of a search strategy, and finally to (hopefully) the identification of published research relevant to the topic in question.

NS 244 - Searching for the Evidence (Fall 2022)
Developing a clinical question; searching for primary & secondary sources of evidence; quantitative & qualitative research evidence
Building the Literature Search (Updated Oct. 2022) Constructing a search for relevant research in databases such as PubMed, CINAHL and others can be challenging. This handout attempts to show the process of moving from a topic/question, to the PICO format, the development of a search strategy, and finally to (hopefully) the identification of published research relevant to the topic in question.
NS 224 - Searching for the Evidence (Fall 2023)

Library Resources for the Nurse Residency Program - Fall 2023 Library Resources Handout for Nurse Residents
Building the Literature Search (Updated Oct. 2022) Constructing a search for relevant research in databases such as PubMed, CINAHL and others can be challenging. This handout attempts to show the process of moving from a topic/question, to the PICO format, the development of a search strategy, and finally to (hopefully) the identification of published research relevant to the topic in question.

Tutorials

How to Request an Interlibrary Loan.
Step-by-step instructions for submitting an interlibrary loan request from a database search.

You may also find these tutorials helpful.

Identify information needs and develop a focused clinical question within the PICO framework.

Searching PubMed@UCI: A step-by-step instructional video

The resources mentioned in each may be found here: https://grunigen.lib.uci.edu/core-resources

(Video) Accessing PubMed at UC Irvine How to access PubMed through the University of California Irvine Libraries' website.

Ten Ways to Improve Your PubMed Search (2014-06-25)

NEW!!! Proximity Searching in PubMed

Setting Up Journal and Search Alerts in CINAHL Complete (2020-09) How to save searches in CINAHL Complete to receive new subject or journal content alerts for current awareness.

DynaMed *
Advance Your DynaMed® Search Skills: Tips & Tricks to Find Answers Even Faster
Explore tips and tricks to get the most out of every DynaMed search. Watch this brief video to dive into advanced search techniques to ensure you find the answers you need at the point of care quickly and easily with DynaMed.
DynaMed® Case Challenge - Hyponatremia
Your team has just examined an 86-year-old female patient admitted for pneumonia. Her sodium level is 126, and she is on carbamazepine for trigeminal neuralgia and lovastatin for hyperlipidemia. What do you think is causing this patient’s hyponatremia? Watch our DynaMed Clinical Case Challenge video to find out.
DynaMed® Pediatric Case Challenge – Kawasaki Disease
Watch the “DynaMed Pediatric Case Challenge: Kawasaki Disease” to explore how DynaMed helps a clinician diagnose and manage a three-year-old male that presents with a six-day history of fever, red eyes for the last two days and a body rash for one day. There is no history of runny nose, cough, vomiting or diarrhea. No others are ill at home, but he attends daycare.

(Video) Background Questions and Foreground Questions The difference between background and foreground question when searching for medical topics.

How to Obtain the Full Text of Dissertations (June 2021)
Find the full text of dissertations and theses using ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global