<p>Concept Map</p><p>Write your concepts at the top of each column. For example, if you were looking for information on the efficacy of a vitamin C infusion on a patient with severe sepsis, you would write vitamin C in the first column and sepsis in the second column. In addition, you could write infusion in the third column.</p><p>Looking at each column, add any related terms. Under vitamin C, you would add ascorbic acid; under infusion, you might add IV and intravenous.</p><p>You are then ready to construct your search. Nest the related words (columns) together using OR, and then AND together the concepts. </p><p>(“vitamin c” OR “ascorbic acid”) AND sepsis AND (infusion OR IV OR intravenous)</p><p>Note that quotations are used when you want to search for two or more terms exactly as you typed them.</p><p>In CINAHL, copy and paste search into Basic Search. (The default search is Advanced.)</p><p>Include limits used, database searched, and date of search at the bottom row of the concept map.</p><p>< AND ></p><p>First Concept Second Concept Third Concept (if needed)</p><p>∧</p><p>O R</p><p>∨</p><p>Limits: Database: Date: < AND ></p><p>First Concept Second Concept Third Concept (if needed)</p><p>∧</p><p>O R</p><p>∨</p><p>Limits: Database: Date:</p><p>< AND ></p><p>First Concept Second Concept Third Concept (if needed)</p><p>∧</p><p>O R</p><p>∨</p><p>Limits: Database: Date:</p>