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Nursing

An online degree completion program that offers registered nurses an efficient way to enhance their ability to provide quality patient care while strengthening their value in the fast-growing nursing profession.

Search Tips: Finding Evidence Based Articles

To search for evidence-based articles on CINAHL:

  1. Click on the link below to go to CINAHL.
  2. Below the search boxes, there is a list of "search options." Scroll down the list of limiters. (Look at the other choices on the way. You may find others that will come in handy in the future.) 
  3. In the right column, find one that says "Evidence-based practice."  Check this box.
  4. Go back up to the search boxes at the top, enter your search terms and click the search button. The results the search returns will be evidence-based.

To search for evidence-based articles in the Nursing and Allied Health database:

  1. Click on the link below to go to the Nursing and Allied Health Database.
  2. Click on the "advanced search" link.
  3. Put your search terms in the search box.
  4. Scroll down the page to see the limiters. Under "document type", select "evidence based healthcare"

See the following video for additional information on how to find evidence based content in the Nursing and Allied Health database:

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