How Do I Get Started?

How do I get started? 1. Choose a topic. Your instructor might give you a topic or ask you to choose one. o ANA Website: www.nursingworld.org – Students can register for free

2. Learn more about your topic by finding background information in dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks.

Biomedical Ethics R 724.B491 2007 Code of Medical Ethics REF R 724.C62 2004

Death and Dying Sourcebook REF R726.8 D3785 2006 Drug Legalization HV5825 .D77663 2005

Embryonic and Adult Stem Cells QH588.S83 E45 2009 Historical Encyclopedia of Nursing REF RA 395.A3 H44 (Gender roles Nursing) Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing KF2915.N8 G85 2006 Marijuana HV5822.M3 M259 2007

Medical Ethics Codes, Opinions and Statements Medical Law and Ethics KF3821 .F74 2009 REF R 725.M117 2000 Nursing and Health Care Ethics RT85 .N877 2008 Nursing Law and Ethics KD2968.N8 N87 2007

Pain Management Nursing: Scope and Standards of Rights of Patients KF 3823.A96 2004 Practice REF RT87.P35 A447 2005 Terminal Illness R726.8.T4646 2005 (Listing of organizations in back)

3. Write your topic on a sheet of paper. 4. Break the topic down into keywords. Think of as many words as you can to describe your topic. 5. Find out what kinds of sources you can use: books, e-books, magazines, journals, websites…

Library Website: www.epcc.edu/library

Books . Go to the library website. . Click on “Search Library Catalog.” . Search for books by Title, Author, Keyword, or Subject. o Title - Enter the title of the book you want to find.  Essentials of Nursing Leadership and Management o Author - Enter the name of the author (last name, first name)  Watson, Jean o Keyword – Enter the keywords that describe your topic. Use the word “AND” in between words.  AIDS  Diabetes AND Obesity AND Children o Subject – Enter the main idea of your topic.  Nutrition  Heart Disease . Check the location of the book (campus where it is located). You can request that another campus send the book to your campus (takes about 2 days). . Write down the call number of the book so you can look for the book on the shelf.

E-books . If the book is an e-book, click on the title. Then click on the link to the electronic book. . Click on “View e-book.” You can turn the pages at the top right using “previous” or “next.” You can also use the table of contents and index down the side to jump to another section in the book.

KS Nursing Johnson Spring 2010 1/9/18 Topic 1: Pain Management and Control of Distressing Symptoms in Dying Patients . Keywords: Pain management; pain; palliative care; analgesics (opioid); dying; death; terminal; end of life; distress; symptoms (can also list symptoms);

Keyword search 1. Go to the library catalog. 2. Click on “keyword.” 3. Enter the words: pain and death (look at first book) 4. Now try the words: pain and terminal care

Subject search 1. Go to the library catalog. 2. Click on “subject.” 3. Enter the words: Palliative care

Articles

1. Go to the library website (www.epcc.edu/library) 2. Click on “Search Magazine, Journal, and Newspaper Articles.” 3. These are listings of databases. Databases are just magazine, journals, and newspapers on the computer. 4. The databases are divided up by subject. Choose the subject closest to your topic. a. Health and Wellness b. General Interest (good for any topic) c. Social Sciences (Controversial Issues)

Topic 2: The American Nurses Association (ANA) supports the ethical use of stem cells for research and therapeutic purposes that impact health. . Keywords: Stem Cells; Research; Therapeutic; Nursing; ethics

GENERAL o Academic Search Complete – Provides journals, magazines, newspapers from 1887-Present  Enter Keywords: Stem Cells (Checkmark Full Text, Scholarly peer reviewed journals, and limit the publication date to 2008-2010) . Go back and add: AND Ethics

Topic 3: Assuring Patient Safety: Registered Nurses’ Responsibility in All Roles and Settings to Guard Against Working When Fatigued . Keywords: nurses; fatigue; patient safety; nursing staff

HEALTH AND WELLNESS o CINAHL with Full Text – Provides access to almost 3000 nursing journals (600 of them full-text)  Enter keywords: Nurses and Fatigue (Checkmark Full Text, Peer Reviewed, and limit the publication date to 2008-2010)

Topic 4: Cultural Diversity in Nursing Practice. Knowledge of cultural diversity is vital at all levels of nursing practice. o Keywords: Cultural Diversity; Cultural Competence; Cultural Values; Multicultural; Culture; Transculture; Hispanic; Mexican American; Asian American; Native American; African American; Minority; Nursing; Multicultural Nursing

o ProQuest Nursing Journals – Provides access to over 250 full-text nursing journals, magazines, books and videos.  Enter keywords: Multicultural Nursing (Checkmark Full Text, Peer Reviewed, and Date range: After this date 01/01/2008)

KS Nursing Johnson Spring 2010 1/9/18 Topic 5: In Support of Patients’ Safe Access to Therapeutic Marijuana o Keywords: Marijuana; Medical Marijuana; Therapeutic Marijuana; safety; patients;

SOCIAL SCIENCE o Opposing Viewpoints – Provides information on various social issues o Select “Marijuana” from the list of topics on the right. o Select “Medical Marijuana“ (Subtopic on the left)

o SIRS Researcher - Provides information on various social issues o Click on “more issues” on right side of page. o Click on “Medical Marijuana”

5. Select the database you would like to use by clicking on the title. (If you are off-campus, click on “Off-campus access.” You will be asked to enter your name and EPCC ID#.) 6. Enter your keywords in the search box. 7. Checkmark the Full-Text box (limits to articles with article attached). 8. Click on search. 9. Find the article you want to read and click on the title. 10. To read the article, click on pdf or html full-text link provided. 11. If you don’t find what you need or get too many hits, try changing the words in the search box - - add more words, take words away, use different words. ASK FOR HELP!

Internet The Internet has a lot of great resources. It is important, however, to evaluate the website to make sure it has reliable information before using it in your paper.

Author: Who is the author of the website? Do they have a degree in the topic they are writing about? Who are they affiliated with? (Look for author name, “about us,” “who we are,” etc… for this information) Date: How old is the information? Has it been updated recently? (Look for publication date somewhere on the page.) Bias: Is the information biased? Are they taking a side of the issue and trying to push their opinion or trying to sell you something? Is it fact or opinion? It is important to use unbiased sources for informational papers. Sources listed: Did the author list where they got their information?

Examples: www.rythospital.com www.dhmo.org

Professional Organizations:

 American Nurses Association: http://nursingworld.org/  National League for Nursing: http://www.nln.org/  Texas Board of Nursing: www.bne.state.tx.us (Nursing Practice—Position Statements)  Texas Nurses Association: http://www.texasnurses.org/

Citation APA Citation Handouts: 1. Go to www.epcc.edu/library 2. Click on “Citation Help and Tutorials.”

Citation Websites:

APA Citing: http://www.epcc.edu/Library/Pages/CitingandTutorials.aspx Diana Hacker Research and Documentation Online: http://dianahacker.com/resdoc/

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