Walden Library in Nursing Research
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Whitt, K. J., Eden, L., Merrill, K. C., & Hughes, M. (2017). Nursing student experiences regarding the safe use of electronic health records: a pilot study of the Safety and Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience guides. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 35(1), 45-53.
The article describes how technology can be applied in healthcare facilities to improve patient outcomes. With the evolving healthcare systems, nurses need to understand how electrical health records work. Science Direct database was used to identify the discussed article. The catalog is found in the Walden Online Library and also on the Google search platform.
Availability of medical resources on media platforms has many advantages, such as reduced purchasing books and reduced trips to the physical library to obtain reading materials. Getting the required information from a technological database is, however, faced several challenges. Information overload is one of the difficulties experienced while searching for the article. The database has a large number of electronic health records articles. Many peer-reviewed articles make it confusing as the precision of a specific search engine is often low. Too much information in the database makes it difficult to navigate the website to obtain detailed information.
Another challenge faced in exploring the database was that some data required subscription fees to access the learning material. The charge made it impossible to access information about my interest. Science direct database has preprints of articles that are yet to be published. Finding useful information from the web was difficult because the information is poorly organized in the search engine.
Science direct research catalog would be handy to all medical students. The database has numerous amounts of information from various sources such as books, journals, and theses (Alving, Christensen, and Thrysøe 2018). Availability of multiple sources reduces the time and expense taken in trying to identify information of interest. Numeral recordings of a population with a particular medical condition reduce the researcher’s cost of recruiting the target population for study.
The catalog also gives out book and article recommendations based on one’s research history and gives alerts when a new publication is uploaded to the system. The suggestions from the website would enable nursing colleagues to access more relevant material for the course work. Science direct has preliminary overviews for all publications. The outlines make it easy for the reader to comprehend medical information and terminologies of interest (Horntvedt et al., 2018). The database contains credible peer-reviewed journals that provide credible medical facts and information. The sources from the site adhere to all scientific principles.
I also would recommend the Science Direct database to nursing students because it provides reliable and authentic medical shreds of evidence. The information from the catalog can be accessed using mobile applications. The users need to register to the direct science account and access any material at any given time without any cost. To avoid the challenges of conducting research, medical students need to plan for the search before starting. Students should understand the topic area by reviewing study reports on the subject. Nursing students need to improve search entry terms by writing clear and short questions (Cruz et al., 2017). Clear search terms limit difficulty in website navigation to obtain specific information. Medical students and researchers should embrace the Science direct catalog in their research to get credible evidence and knowledge for their practice.
Reference
Alving, B. E., Christensen, J. B., & Thrysøe, L. (2018). Hospital nurses’ information retrieval behaviors in relation to evidence-based nursing: a literature review. Health Information & Libraries Journal, 35(1), 3-23.
Cruz Rivera, S., Kyte, D. G., Aiyegbusi, O. L., Keeley, T. J., & Calvert, M. J. (2017). Assessing the impact of healthcare research: a systematic review of methodological frameworks. PLoS medicine.
Horntvedt, M. E. T., Nordsteien, A., Fermann, T., & Severinsson, E. (2018). Strategies for teaching evidence-based practice in nursing education: a thematic literature review. BMC medical education, 18(1), 172.
Whitt, K. J., Eden, L., Merrill, K. C., & Hughes, M. (2017). Nursing student experiences regarding the safe use of electronic health records: a pilot study of the Safety and Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience guides. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 35(1), 45-53.
Walden Library in Nursing Research
Question
Using the Walden Library
Where can you find evidence to inform your thoughts and scholarly writing? Throughout your degree program, you will use research literature to explore ideas, guide your thinking, and gain new insights. As you search the research literature, it is important to use resources that are peer-reviewed and from scholarly journals. You may already have some favorite online resources and databases that you use or have found useful in the past. For this Discussion, you explore databases available through the Walden Library.
To Prepare:
Review the information presented in the Learning Resources for using the Walden Library, searching the databases, and evaluating online resources.
Begin searching for a peer-reviewed article that pertains to your practice area and interests you.
By Day 3 of Week 6
Post the following:
Using proper APA formatting, cite the peer-reviewed article you selected that pertains to your practice area and is of particular interest to you and identify the database that you used to search for the article. Explain any difficulties you experienced while searching for this article. Would this database be useful to your colleagues? Explain why or why not. Would you recommend this database? Explain why or why not.
Required Readings
Eaton, S. E. (2010). Reading strategies: Differences between summarizing and synthesizing. Retrieved from https://drsaraheaton.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/reading-strategies-differneces-between-summarizing-and-synthesizing/
Smith, T. (2009). Critical appraisal of quantitative and qualitative research literature. Austrian Institute of Radiography, 56(3), 6–10. Retrieved from http://www.minnisjournals.com.au/articles/radiographer%20smith%20dec%2009.pdf
Walden University Library. (n.d.). Databases A-Z: Nursing. Retrieved October 4, 2019 from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/az.php?s=19981
Walden University Library. (n.d.). Evaluating resources: Journals. Retrieved October 4, 2019, from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/evaluating/resource-types/journals
Walden University Library. (n.d.). Instructional media: Fundamentals of library research. Retrieved October 4, 2019 from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/instructionalmedia/researchfundamentals
Walden University Writing Center. (n.d.). Retrieved November 14, 2018, from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/home
Walden University Writing Center. (n.d.). Scholarly writing: Overview. Retrieved November 14, 2018, from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/scholarly
Walden University Writing Center. (n.d.). Webinars: Technical information. Retrieved November 14, 2018, from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/webinars/technical
Walden Library in Nursing Research