Nursing Subject Guide: NURS225

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Browse these books for potential topic ideas.  You can see the tables of contents or read more about the books by clicking on the links and scrolling to the Contents or Description sections.  

General information about finding articles within the nursing field can be found on the Find Articles tab.  Here are some specific tips related to finding articles for the the NURS208 paper.  Also check out the Library Handouts for Nursing tab for nursing-related library handouts about finding articles, or see the two handouts linked below for information about how to get the full text of articles, as well as how to limit your search to current nursing journal articles.

If there's an article you need that we don't have in full-text, you can order it and we'll do our best to get it for you (most articles arrive within a day or two). 

CINAHL is the recommended starting point to find current nursing journal articles.  See the CINAHL tab for information about using CINAHL Headings to search by subject heading.  This strategy may work well for the NURS208 paper since this strategy allows you to focus your search using the "ethical issues" subheading.

Sometimes you may be unable to find enough current nursing journal articles using CINAHL.  In that case, you're encouraged to work with Karla Block, the nursing librarian.  You can also branch out to some of the library's other databases, which may have unique nursing content not found in CINAHL. A full list is available, with some good choices listed below.    

This paper requires APA style - including formatting and citations. Your program will provide more detailed information and examples, but the library has additional resources to help you master APA style.

The library's APA Citation help guide provides links to handouts on citations and formatting (just how do you format those hanging indents, anyway?) plus information on citation tools available in the library's resources like CINAHL.

The resources listed below are good places to browse for current issues of interest to nurses.

Here are some articles and books on topics that have been popular choices for the NURS225 essays.  Login with your myTC3 username and password to access the full text of articles through the library.  

Bedside Reporting

Cell Phones

Work Schedules and Issues

Education and Licensure

Telehealth

Marijuana/Cannabis

Vaccines

Nurse Residency and Fellowship Programs

Here are some articles and books on other topics that have been chosen for the NURS225 essays. 

Digital Nursing Technologies and Electronic Health Records

Artificial Intelligence/Robots

Maternal and Reproductive Health

Discharge Procedures

Float Nurses

Travel Nursing

Team Nursing

These articles from the current nursing literature may spark interesting topic ideas.