NURS 6003: Using the Walden Library Discussion

NURS 6003: Using the Walden Library Discussion

NURS 6003: Using the Walden Library Discussion

My practice area is family nurse practitioner and I am concerned about patient safety. Having sufficient or appropriate nurse-to-patient ratio levels is essential to enhancing the quality of and accessibility to care. Therefore, the selected peer-reviewed article relating to this is by Lasater et al. (2021).

Lasater, K. B., Sloane, D. M., McHugh, M. D., Cimiotti, J. P., Riman, K. A., Martin, B., …

& Aiken, L. H. (2021). Evaluation of hospital nurse-to-patient staffing ratios and sepsis bundles on patient outcomes. American Journal of Infection Control, 49(7), 868-873. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.12.002.

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I began the research by using the “Walden Library and Your Total Information Network” to guide me in the necessary steps in locating the scholarly articles. I selected the articles based on my nursing topic and followed the link to the nursing databases area in the library. I saw the list of available databases and I chose on that includes full text articles from the list of “Best Bets”. I chose the CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) and typed by topic or subject, nurse-to-patient ratios and nursing levels in hospitals and effects on patient care (Walden University Library, 2022). The database brought me to a result page of articles to select and I chose the above article.

Searching for the articles based on the above steps did not present any significant difficulties. The only notable challenge or difficulty was ensuring that I use the specific terms and topics to filter the results and searches for better optimization. CINAHL would be a useful database to my colleagues because it is easy to navigate and filters outcomes appropriately (Walden University Library, 2022b). Further, it provides full text articles with full citations that makes it easy for colleagues to use it in getting appropriate research evidence for their projects. I would recommend this database because of the benefits that it offers like fast and easy navigation of the different components that it has for nurses and other health care professionals and nursing students.

References

Lasater, K. B., Sloane, D. M., McHugh, M. D., Cimiotti, J. P., Riman, K. A., Martin, B., … &

Aiken, L. H. (2021). Evaluation of hospital nurse-to-patient staffing ratios and sepsis bundles on patient outcomes. American Journal of Infection Control, 49(7), 868-873. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.12.002.

Walden University Library (2022) Databases A-Z: Nursing.

            https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/az.php?s=19981

Walden University Library (2022b). Instructional Media: Fundamentals of library research.

            https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/instructionalmedia/researchfundamentals

 

Discussion: Using the Walden Library
Where can you find evidence to inform your thoughts and scholarly writing? Throughout your degree program, you will use research literature to explore ideas, guide your thinking, and gain new insights. As you search the research literature, it is important to use resources that are peer-reviewed and from scholarly journals. You may already have some favorite online resources and databases that you use or have found useful in the past. For this Discussion, you explore databases available through the Walden Library.
Note: Unless otherwise noted, initial postings to Discussions are due on or before Day 3, and response postings are due on or before Day 6. You are required to participate in the Discussion on at least three different days (a different day for main post and each response). It is important to adhere to the weekly time frame to allow others ample time to respond to your posting. In addition, you are expected to respond to questions directed toward your own initial posting in a timely manner.
To Prepare:
• Review the information presented in the Learning Resources for using the Walden Library, searching the databases, and evaluating online resources.
• Begin searching for a peer-reviewed article that pertains to your practice area and interests you.

Post the following:
Using proper APA formatting, cite the peer-reviewed article you selected that pertains to your practice area and is of particular interest to you and identify the database that you used to search for the article. Explain any difficulties you experienced while searching for this article. Would this database be useful to your colleagues? Explain why or why not. Would you recommend this database? Explain why or why not.