Health Sciences & Nursing RN @ Melbourne Campus

Nursing / RN journals will be found throughout EFSC Health Databases. Limit search results by journal title.  

• Center for Evidence Based Practice 

  "The Indiana Center for Evidence-Based nursing Practice (ICEBNP) is your online source for evidence-based nursing news, links, and resources. The ICEBNP is part of a global cooperative effort to expand the understanding and use of research-based evidence to produce the best patient outcomes."

• Lippincott Nursing Center 

  Created by nurses, for nurses, Lippincott "NursingCenter.com is the premier online destination for peer-reviewed nursing journals and continuing education resources based on the best evidence available."

• Martindale's Nursing Center 

  Nursing journals

• American Nurses Association 

• Florida Nurses Association 

  "Advancing the profession of nursing, and promoting a healthy Florida." 

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• ANA Ethics & Human Rights 

• Florida Board of Nursing 

   

Basic Medical-Surgical Nursing 

Core Assignment: Plan & Create an Educational Video 

Research 

The assignment specifies using "scholarly" or "peer-reviewed"  articles.  These "articles are written by experts and reviewed by other experts in the field before being published journal in order to ensure the article’s quality."

EFSC's APA Citation Guide - 7th Ed. 

Citing Journal Articles - Example 1  

NURC 2241 Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing

Core Assignment: Locating Research Topic Articles

1. Go to CINAHL Complete 

2. Enter Search terms

3. Limit search for more relevant results

4. Review article and email PDF with APA citation details

Core Assignment: Writing an Article Summary

How to Write a Summary - Guide & Examples (from Scribbr.com)

Writing a Summary (from The University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center)

Core Assignment: APA Style and Grammar Guidelines

Paper Format (Font, Headings, Line Spacing, Margins, Title Page Setup…)

In-Text Citations Basics of Citation, Paraphrasing, Plagiarism, Quotations, Secondary Sources…)

Mechanics of Style  (Capitalization, Italics and Quotation Marks, Punctuation…)

Bias-Free Language (Age, Disability, Gender, Reducing Bias, Identity, Orientation…)

References  (Basic Reference List, Elements of Reference List Entries, Reference Examples…)

Grammar (Active and Passive Voice, First Person Pronouns, Verb Tense…)

APA Sample Professional Paper

EFSC Library's APA Citation Guide - 7th Ed. -- Citing Database Journal Articles (Example 1)

NUR 2463 Maternal, Newborn, Pediatric Nursing

Research 

See "Research Sources" > Click "Articles" tab

Note: Peer-reviewed Articles

Your instructor may ask you to use "Peer-reviewed" articles for your research assignment.  

Peer-reviewed "articles are written by experts and are reviewed by several other experts in the field before the article is published in the journal in order to ensure the article’s quality. (The article is more likely to be scientifically valid, reach reasonable conclusions, etc.)" 

EFSC's APA Citation Guide - 7th Ed. 

Citing Journal Articles - Examples 1 & 2  

Additional writing resources:

Scholarly Paper video- Formal Writing Video [4:44]

Paper Mechanics Purdue Owl Sample APA Student Paper

EFSC Writing Center 

Writing Center APA Workshop Videos: Formatting - In-Text Citations - References

Transcultural and Community Health Nursing 

Research Article Sources

Databases:

• CINAHL (for Nursing Journals - Limit first by Search Terms - Dates- Peer-Reviewed – Research Article –  Journal Subset) 
• Health Sciences eBooks and Journals (for Nursing Journals - Enter search terms - Check Journals box - Limit by Years)
• Health and Medicine

Journal of Transcultural Nursing: (Limit by years - Be sure articles are primary research)

Websites: 

• PubMed (for Nursing Journals - Limit by teach terms and "evidence-based nursing [Mesh] - Dates - Free Full Text)
• Florida Health Charts

Article Requirements:

• Peer Reviewed Articles: articles written and reviewed by experts before publication
• Primary Research: original research (look for type of research, quantitative, qualitative or case study in the abstract)

EFSC APA Citation Guide 7th ed. 

• Database Citation Example

Epstein, Y., & Yanovich, R. (2019). Heatstroke. The New England Journal of Medicine, 380(25), 2449-

2459. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMra1810762

Narrative: According to Epstein and Yanovich (2019), …

Parenthetical: …(Epstein & Yanovich, 2019).

• FLHealthCHARTS Citation Example

Florida Department of Health. (n.d.). Homeless estimate. FLHealthCharts. Retrieved March 25, 2021, from

http://www.flhealthcharts.com/charts/OtherIndicators/NonVitalIndNoGrpCountsDataViewer.aspx?cid=8675 

Narrative: The Florida Department of Health (n.d.)…

Parenthetical: …(Florida Department of Health, n.d.).

Writing Resources

Formal Writing Video [4:44]

Paper Mechanics: Sample APA Student paper from Purdue Owl