NURS 385 Nursing Research

• Published within most recent 5 years
• Peer reviewed
• Nursing journals
• Primary source original research article (the authors of the articles are reporting on research that they themselves conducted)
• Melnyk Fineout-Overholt level of evidence 2, 3, 4, or 6
• Minimum of two articles
• Tip: research articles will have sections such as Literature Review, Methods, Findings or Results, Discussion, Conclusions, Limitations, and References.

1. Begin in CINAHL-Ultimate
2. Scroll to "Search options" section and select "Peer Reviewed" box and Published Date: 2013-2023.
3. Try a search with the name of the nursing theory, inside double quotes, combined with the word research, to get an idea of research articles published studying your theory.
   "theory of comfort" AND research; "transcultural nursing theory" AND research
4. Try a search with the name of the nursing theory, inside double quotes, combined with your topic
   pain management AND "theory of comfort."
5. Try searching for your topic of interest, add the word research and a term from your theory
   facilitated tucking AND research AND comfort
6. Use the "Subject: Major Heading" limiter in the menu that appears on the left to the articles retrieved from your search, to narrow your search.
7. Hover over the magnifying glass to the right of the article title in your list of results. Look for methods section to discern what type of research the authors have conducted.
8. Once you have found one relevant article, click on the title and scroll to the "Major Subjects" and "Minor Subjects" sections. These are links that will lead you to other relevant articles. Notice that the identifier MM is used to identify Major Subject Headings. Combine subject heading searches with keyword searches to narrow your search: MM "Transcultural Nursing" AND pediatrics AND research.

Katharine Kolcaba: Theory of Comfort

Dorothea Orem: Self-care Deficit Nursing Theory, also known as the Orem model of nursing.

Betty Neuman: Neuman systems model

Hildegard Peplau: The Middle-range Nursing Theory of Interpersonal Relations

Jean Watson: Theory of Human Caring

Madeleine Leininger: Concept of Transcultural Nursing

Afaf Meleis: Transitions Theory

Nola Pender: Health Promotion Model

Try searching for your theorist's name in the library catalog inside double quotes.

1. "dorothea orem"
2. Uncheck the PALNI box (Private Academic Libraries Network of Indiana) in the left hand menu to see items in our library collection. Keep the box checked if you want to see print books in 23 other academic libraries in Indiana from whom you can request delivery.
3. Ebooks are licensed by institution: ebooks held by Saint Mary's College are accessible to you. Ebooks only held in PALNI are not accessible to you.

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