Scholarly Resources in Graduate Studies

Graduate students need to make sure they only use trustworthy sources in their work. This is really important because it helps them create high-quality work that’s relevant to what they’re studying. Al-Jundi and Sakka (2017) say it’s really important for students to be able to decide which sources are trustworthy.

There are lots of databases out there for students to use when they’re looking for good sources for their writing. Walden University (n.d.) has a bunch of databases available online, which students can easily get to through their student portal. Nursing students, for example, can use the A-Z Guide for nursing databases, which helps them find databases that are useful for nursing research.

One database that was really helpful for finding reliable sources for this discussion was the ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Database. It was easy to use, and it wasn’t hard to find more than one article that had been reviewed by experts and was published in the last year. The process was simple: I typed in what I was looking for, checked a couple of boxes to make sure I only got full-text articles that had been reviewed by experts, and then narrowed it down further to get articles published in the last year. This database would be great for other nurses too, because it’s all about nursing and related health topics. It’s easy to use and gives results that are relevant to what you’re looking for, so I’d definitely recommend it to others.

One specific article I found for this assignment is by Soccio (2022), and it’s a descriptive study about using simulations in mental health studies. The study found that students can take what they learn from mental health simulations and use it in real-life situations. However, Soccio (2022) also says that more research is needed in this area.

References

Al-Jundi A., & Sakka, S. (2017). Critical appraisal of clinical research. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 11(5)JE01-JE05.                                                         https://doi.org/ 10.7860/JCDR/2017/26047.9942

Walden University. (n.d.). Learning resources. Retrieved December 12, 2022, from

https://waldenu.instructure.com/courses/26828/pages/module-3-learning-resources?module_item_id=757112

Soccio, D.A. (2022). Transferability of mental health simulation skills to practice: A nursing post-graduate follow-up study. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing             & Mental Health Services, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20221123-02

Using peer-reviewed scholarly articles is essential because other experts in the field pick the written work (articles) apart and allow the author to improve their writing and receive constructive feedback to create high-quality research and better material. You can rest assured that the materials used that are peer-reviewed and scholarly are accurately and thoroughly researched and are reliable. Al-Jundi and Sakka (2017) discuss the importance of a peer review process adding robustness to research papers assessment criteria and decreasing the possibility of poor research quality within a publication. 

Walden University offers library access and writing support. The Walden library has many databases that are easily accessible and provides a quick answer section along with other help such as a “ask a librarian” button. You can also search by subject, and adjust your search criteria for the allotted dates you may require your article to be and other things, such as peer-reviewed materials, etc., to narrow your search. 

I initially started my search on the main page and typed Mental Health in the first search field and difficult behavior in the second search field and was able to retrieve the article of interest for me. I did change the search criteria dates to 2020-2022 and peer-reviewed scholarly journals only. I had no difficulty finding what I needed but I know it can be challenging and time consuming sometimes. I typically use Academic Search Complete for a multidisciplinary database, Gale Academic OneFile Select for psychology and social sciences, and CINAHL & Medline Combined Search for Nursing and Allied Health Literature.  These are my go to databases because I typically have no trouble finding what I need in nursing information from these databases and would highly recommend them. 

Al-Jundi, A., & Sakka, S. (2017). Critical appraisal of clinical research Links to an external site.Links to an external site. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research: JCDR, 11(5), JE01–JE05. https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/26047.9942

Rubinelli, S., & Diviani, N. (2020). The bases of targeting behavior in health promotion and disease prevention. Patient Education and Counseling, 103(12), 2395–2399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2020.08.043

Walden University. (n.d.). Learning resources. Retrieved December 18, 2022, from

https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library

Module 3 Discussion

I wanted an article on acute care, and I found the publication  listed below which is a systematic review of the experience of nurses working in critical care and how they were impacted by COVID-19. To start my search, I first had to choose a database. I clicked the Research by Subject on the main page and chose a subject area link to explore databases in that area. I intended to locate a database with peer-reviewed journals. I then logged in to the database and looked for a peer review limiter option on the search page to prevent the search from giving me non-peer-reviewed content. The database I used has labeled the content into peer-reviewed scholarly journals, peer-reviewed, and peer-reviewed journals.

I was particularly interested in a systematic peer-reviewed article concerning acute care. I had to navigate various nursing and health sciences databases to find this article. I found filtered databases such as the Cochrane database of systematic Reviews and the JBI EBP Database (formerly Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database) that had many systematic reviews. I also noted databases known as the CINAHL Plus with Full Text. I selected a systematic review publication because it offers a reader a high level of evidence that could help broaden my topic of interest.

I located my article in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and noted the high level of evidence in the article. I did not encounter any challenges searching for this source and would highly recommend the database to my peers and colleagues. It has many peer-reviewed articles that address various topics related to nursing. One can search for articles by journal, title, and DOI and filter the search results according to the year of publications and the status of peer review.

Ritin Fernandez, H. L. (2020, April). Implications for COVID-19: A systematic review of nurses’ experiences working in acute care hospital settings during a respiratory pandemic. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 1-8. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103637Links to an external site.

Week 3 Discussion

Incorporating and crediting past knowledge in your literature reviews is also an important tool for redressing who counts and is carried forward as knowledge producers (e.g., Cite Black Women, n.d.; Moradi et al.,2020). During your studies at Walden (n.d.), you will be reading, discussing, and producing scholarly writing in everything from discussion post to dissertations. Walden University offers the library for research and obtaining scholarly peered articles. One can access by going to your student portal and utilizing the library, search by database or type. I used Psychiatry Online. It was fairly simple, you just search what you would like to inquire about.

The article I chose was Collaboration Key to Meeting Demand for Mental Health Services. Clearly there has been a shortage of mental health professional s even before the pandemic, which is in greater need now. Brendal stated ” One clear message that emerges repeatedly is that to advance mental health for all, pychiartist must collaberate with our colleagues in the house of medicine and with mental health professionals to innovate and create synergy to leverage and extend psychiatric care and resources.

I would recommend Psychiatry Online to my colleagues. The ease of use and data found could be very beneficial to mental health professionals.

Brendal, R. (2022) Collaboration Key to Meeting Demand for Mental Health Services. Psychiatric News, 57 (9). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.pn.2022.09.9.16Links to an external site.

Cite Black Women. (n.d.) About us [Blog Post]. https://www.citeblackwomencollective.org/our.story.htmlLinks to an external site.

Walden University Writing Center. (n.d.), Scholarly Writing: Overview. retrieved December 18, 2022 from https://academic guides. Waldenu.edu./writing center/scholarlyLinks to an external site.

                                                                                       NURS 6003 Module 3 Discussion

As a PMHNP student, I believe this course will be broad and need lots of referencing for the assignments, discussions, and research. This can only be done correctly through proper and relevant referencing of other authors’ works. Therefore, finding reliable database sources is very important. The Walden University Library has provided students with resources, including reliable databases for learning and research purposes. For this article, I researched it from the Cumulative Index to Nursing &Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) database, which the Walden University Library provides as a reliable database. The CINAHL database contains various articles, journals, texts, research, journals, and e-books on nursing, biomedicine, allied health, and healthcare. While searching for this article, i experienced a major challenge in locating the article from the database. This was challenging since the CINAHL database usually provides full text for the selected journals being searched; thus, this took some time for me to locate the exact document successfully. Another challenge I experienced was finding some specific terms in the database. Therefore, I had to search for various alternative terms in my topic of interest before finally getting what I needed.

However, I loved using the CINAHL database. I found it more resourceful with a vast array of articles that I or any other PMHNP nursing students or lecturers can utilize for this course. Therefore, I recommend the database for all or any of my colleagues interested in finding the best nursing journals, research, and articles for their studies and referencing. I also loved the CINAHL database because it had various e-books, care sheets, and guides on different nursing topics and medicine that would help nurses and other healthcare providers with the knowledge they need to manage their patients comprehensively. This will be helpful for my colleagues because they will be able to do a quick overview of the mental illnesses of their patients as advanced mental health nurse practitioners in their current study and future work. With the advancement in technology and the use of technology in the education system, CINAHL can also be used by nursing students for them to find best evidence-based knowledge that can inform their critical thinking. According to Lee et al. (2018), CINAHL is one of the best databases that can be utilized by nursing students who are using mobile technology as a platform for the delivery of the nursing curriculum. While doing virtual studies, I would recommend that my colleagues use the database for the best-referencing material that contains evidence-based knowledge on nursing, allied health, biomedicine, and healthcare.

References

Christensen, D. L., Braun, K. V. N., Baio, J., Bilder, D., Charles, J., Constantino, J. N., … & Yeargin-Allsopp, M. (2018). Prevalence and characteristics of autism spectrum disorder among children aged 8 years—autism and developmental disabilities monitoring network, 11 sites, United States, 2012. MMWR Surveillance Summaries, 65(13), 1. https://doi.org/10.15585%2Fmmwr.ss6513a1Links to an external site.

Lee, H., Min, H., Oh, S. M., & Shim, K. (2018). Mobile technology in undergraduate nursing education: A systematic review. Healthcare informatics research, 24(2), 97-108. https://doi.org/10.4258/hir.2018.24.2.97Links to an external site.

              The implementation of evidence-based psychiatric rehabilitation: challenges and opportunities for mental health services

The article explores the utility of various evidence-based practices in mental healthcare. It highlights the role of antipsychotic drugs in treating schizophrenia and other related disorders (Vita & Barlati, 2019). Accordingly, the article notes a general shift from inpatient to community-based outpatient medical services. The authors note that other useful evidence-based interventions include psychosocial rehabilitation and non-pharmacological measures. These treatment options have proven effective in restoring patients’ cognitive, social, and emotional skills. Other measures which have shown positive outcomes for patients include cognitive-behavioral therapy, supported employment, and assertive community treatment.

I faced several challenges locating the article on PubMed since I had to adhere to key research constraints. The PubMed database lacks specificity for niche medical areas such as mental health. As such, it was quite challenging to focus the search on the most pertinent and excellent articles addressing the subject. While the database has many articles on mental health, not all entries state whether the investigators sought to assess evidence-based practices. To solve the problem, it was crucial to utilize precise search terms and criteria, such as date of publication, language, or research methodology. While I found some difficulty with the PubMed database, other databases listed in Walden University’s online library such as ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health may have been easier to search my chosen topic. The ProQuest database provides a range of articles with topics from nursing, allied health, and complementary medicine (Walden University, (n.d.). Navigating this database would have made it easier to research topics containing mental health.

Another hurdle was that many of the search results were incomplete or out of date. Online electronic databases do not necessarily contain the most recent information on a topic (Azeroual, 2020). This may be due to difficulties getting journal authorization by their publishers or technical problems cataloging new papers. To overcome this obstacle, it was crucial to search several databases and link to alternate sources, such as Google Scholar. It was also necessary to check all articles for potential restrictions imposed by the publishers. Issues such as reputation and grants are some of the commonest sources of biases in medical findings. Despite these obstacles, I would recommend PubMed to my colleagues as it has one of the widest catalogs on mental health.

                                                                                                      References

Azeroual, O. (2020). Data wrangling in database systems: the purging of dirty data. Data, 5(2), 50. https://doi.org/10.3390/data5020050

Vita, A., & Barlati, S. (2019). The implementation of evidence-based psychiatric rehabilitation: challenges and opportunities for mental health services. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10, 147. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00147Links to an external site.

Walden University Library. (n.d.). Databases A-Z: Nursing Links to an external site. Links to an external site.Links to an external site. Retrieved from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/az.php?s=19981

Scholarly Activity Discussion

Potkin et al. (2020) provide insights concerning the neurobiology of treatment-resistant schizophrenia. The article review evidence related to treatment-resistant schizophrenia and discusses a roadmap for future research. Schizophrenia is a common condition in my practice, and it gets worse when it resists treatment. Thus, this topic is of particular interest to understand what the evidence entails concerning treatment-resistant schizophrenia, including caregiving for affected patients. In addition, it is necessary to understand a condition from its onset. In that regard, Potkin et al. (2020) provide insights from the onset of schizophrenia symptoms, when treatment is responsive, to treatment resistance. I am also interested in understanding how schizophrenia starts affecting a patient from the first episode of psychosis and when treatment is working to the point that the condition becomes treatment-resistant (Potkin et al., 2020).

I searched for the article using PubMed and Google scholar. Since I had selected schizophrenia as the topic of my interest, my keywords were schizophrenia, symptoms of schizophrenia, and treatment-resistant schizophrenia. I wanted a more recent resource, and thus, I selected articles at most five years old. I landed in various articles before locating the article of my choice, but they only entail some details I was searching for. Thus, I selected the article after finding it relevant to all the details I had considered.

I experienced various challenges when searching for the article. First, using my first keyword (symptoms of schizophrenia) presented a shallow search. The results needed to be more sufficient for the details I wanted to consider since they were only relevant to the specific keyword. Secondly, many Google scholar results were partial articles. Thirdly, the three keywords provided me with inconsistent search results. For the first search, many results needed to be more relevant. The second search gave me general results that needed higher relevance. The third search gave me fewer relevant results, but at that point, I landed on my choice.

This database will be helpful to my colleagues in that it provides most of the peer-reviewed articles with the strongest evidence. Secondly, it is easy to navigate through the database and better when someone has selected keywords. Combining keywords can also be helpful for a search in the database, and Google scholar makes it easy. Google Scholar also provides one with a range of years of the articles’ publication, keeping one close to relevant results. In addition, one can identify more recent articles very first. Furthermore, the database is also effective for search since it provides library links and formatted citations. The science and technology in the results are also highly utilized.

I recommend this database not only to my colleagues but also to other researchers. That is because Google scholar is fast and easy to use, and its search interface is similar to Google. Secondly, the articles in Google scholar have references and links, making them easy to locate for the second time. Open-access journals are also available in Google scholar with full-text features. Scientific, medical, and technical disciplines are also well utilized in Google Scholar.

Reference

Potkin, S. G., Kane, J. M., Correll, C. U., Lindenmayer, J.-P., Agid, O., Marder, S. R., Olfson, M., & Howes, O. D. (2020). The neurobiology of treatment-resistant schizophrenia: Paths to antipsychotic resistance and a roadmap for future research. Npj Schizophrenia, 6(1), Art. 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41537-019-0090-Links to an external site.

Walden University. (n.d.). Master of science in nursing. Retrieved June 1, 2020, https://catalog.waldenu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=172&poid=67151&returnto=6

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Module 3 Discussion

Finding the proper resources for scholarly writing can be difficult. There are requirements that books, articles, journals, etc. must meet. When searching for my topic I had to first understand what made it scholarly. “Scholarly sources are written by academics and other experts and contribute to knowledge in a particular field by sharing new research findings, theories, analyses, insights, news, or summaries of current knowledge (University of Toronto, n.d.).” As a nurse who has worked in Emergency medicine most of my career, I thought the article about nurses leaving emergency rooms post covid would be interesting.  I went through Waldens Library which directed me to ProQuest with the search that I conducted. I found that it was easy to navigate. Walden university library has several boxes you can check for selecting a book, article, journal, and so forth. It helps because you can see subdivisions off of the other boxes that you selected to narrow your search even more.  Multiple options popped up under the category I searched. This database was just very easy to navigate and it would be useful to others searching for scholarly resources.

Writing a scholarly paper takes more than just research. Learning to synthesize the information you read and form your own words is key. “Synthesis requires decision making, analysis, evaluation, and creation of new material, all rather high levels of thinking (Shellenbarger, 2016).” It is difficult depending on the topic for me to synthesize information. I’m sure many others struggle with that as well. If there is a topic that one is passionate about it is much easier to form an opinion and talk openly about that. On one hand, too much bias is involved, causing difficulty in writing a scholarly paper from one’s own opinion. “This is where one would need to be able to step back and write from an unbiased place of thought. Bias leads to results in which there is a systematic deviation from the truth (Al-Jundi & Sakka, 2017).”

The article I chose took place in Australia. It was surveying 398 nurses of all age ranges in the Emergency department. The main question was, would nurses leave the emergency room after the first year of Covid-19. The study resulted in 398 nurses responding. “48.2% of respondents reported that they intended to leave emergency nursing within 5 years (Cornish et al., 2021).” While the idea was not to talk in detail about the article researched I wanted to just touch base. The goal is to explain why the research database used was helpful or not. Once again I feel that ProQuest and Walden University library were easy to navigate and user-friendly for all.

Libraries, U. of T. (2018, May 18). What counts as a scholarly source? University of Toronto Libraries. Retrieved December 20, 2022, from https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/faq/what-counts-scholarly-source#:~:text=Scholarly%20sources%20are%20written%20by,either%20primary%20or%20secondary%20researchLinks to an external site..

Shellenbarger, T. (2016). Simplifying synthesis Links to an external site. Nurse Author & Editor, 26(3). Retrieved from http://naepub.com/reporting-research/2016-26-3-3/

Al-Jundi A., & Sakka, S. (2017). Critical appraisal of clinical research. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 11(5)JE01-JE05.   https://doi.org/ 10.7860/JCDR/2017/26047.9942

Cornish, S., Klim, S., & Anne-Maree, K. (2021). Is covid ‐19 the straw that broke the back of the emergency nursing workforce? Emergency Medicine Australasia, 33(6), 1095–1099. https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.13843

The article I selected is “Impact of nurse burnout on organizational and position turnover” by L.A Kelly, P.M Gee, and R.J Butler (2020). In the study, Kelly et al. (2021) sought to identify the relationship between burnout and resilience and the influence that they have on the turnover within the organization. Its findings will inform policy formulation to help in addressing burnout and improving the working environment to promote productivity of employees (Leitão et al., 2021). This cited article was found in the database PubMed, which is a free online resource of biomedical and life sciences literature. This database has 34million articles that are well discussed on life sciences as well as online books. This website also provides full text content from PubMed Central or may provide link to full text content on other publisher websites.

I did not experience any difficulties while searching for this article. PubMed is a very user-friendly database and I was able to easily find the article I was looking for. I accessed the article by searching for articles related to burnout in the PubMed site. The search was convenient and different related articles were listed in the search page.

I would definitely recommend this database to my colleagues. PubMed is a great resource for finding articles related to the biomedical and life sciences fields. It is also free and easy to use, making it a great resource for anyone looking for articles related to their practice area. Ease of use and accessibility of numerous articles makes it one of the best databases to assist in studies.

Overall, I would highly recommend PubMed as a resource for finding articles related to the biomedical and life sciences fields. It is free, easy to use, and provides a wealth of information.

References

Kelly, L. A., Gee, P. M., & Butler, R. J. (2021). Impact of nurse burnout on organizational and position turnover. Nursing Outlook, 69(1), 96–102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2020.06.008Links to an external site.

Leitão, J., Pereira, D., & Gonçalves, Â. (2021). Quality of work life and contribution to productivity: Assessing the moderator effects of burnout syndrome. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(5), 2425. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052425Links to an external site.

Hi classmate and professor,

The topic of interest that I searched in the databases was a nurse practitioner’s role in rural areas. I began my search in Walden’s library database searching in the CINAHL database for articles related to my topic of interest. After analyzing the relevance to my topic, I found an article on Nurse Practitioners improving healthcare services in rural communities. The article discussed how 20 states have signed legislation allowing NPs to practice independently, no longer needing a physician agreement to order and interpret diagnostic tests, prescribe medications, and administer treatments ( Nurse Practitioners Improve Services in Rural Areas, 2015). This is significant becuase there are many rural areas in the state of Florida(my home state) that needs access to healthcare. The next articles I began searching for were on states that allow nurse practitioners to practice independently and there were not many articles related to that topic. I was able to find a case study in the ScienceDirect database on scope-of-practice having a higher supply of nurse practitioners. The objective of the case study was to investigate the trends in mental health nurse practitioners supply in rural areas and their relationship with the scope of practice regulations. The case study concluded that regulations plays a role in maximizing the capacity of the NP workforce and states with the full scope of practice had a higher incidence in rural areas by allowing NP’s to help those underserved communities. Unfortunately PMHNP are not allowed to practice autonomously in the state of FL, but FNP’s already gained full practice authority and that’s a start. Knowing your state’s regulations will help prepare you for future employment. The last database I used to search for articles on nurse practitioners in rural areas was ProQuest. I found an article that discussed the lack of healthcare access in rural areas. The article discussed how people in rural areas did not have favorable healthcare outcomes due to lack of access to healthcare and most hospitalizations could have been preventable. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid came up with initiatives to improve access to primary care providers and specialists, which expanded tele health, remote evaluation of recorded images sent by patients to physicians, remote wellness visits, and expanding the scope of practice of lower-level non-physician providers (Johnston, 2019).
After completing my searches for articles related to my topic of interest, I found it difficult to find articles. An individual must be specific on the topic and must be able to know what articles are relevant. My topic of interest was practicing as a nurse practitioner in a rural area, most of the articles I read through talked about the lack of services offered in rural areas. I believe my colleagues may find my topic important if they are from a rural area.
References

Johnston, K.J., Wen, H., & Maddox, K. E. J. (2019). Lack of areas to specialists associated with mortality and preventable hospitalizations of rural Medicare beneficiaries. Health Affairs. 38 (12), 1993-2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1377/hltnaff.2019.00838

Nurse Practitioners improve healthcare services in rural areas. (2015). AACN Bold Voices, 7(8), 19. Retrieved 12/21/22 from: https://web.p.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=7&sid=d021f491-b358- 4c51-b4cb-4b20669894ad%40redis

Xue, V., Kannan, V., Greener, E., Smith, J., Brasch, J., & Spetz, J. Full scope-of-practice regulation is associated with a higher supply of nurse practitioners in rural and primary health professional shortage counties. Journal of Nursing. 8(4), 5-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2155-8

Walden University. (n.d.). Learning resources. Retrieved 12/21/22, from https://waldenu.instructure.com/courses/26828/pages/module-3-learning-resources?module_item_id=757112

Using the Walden Library

My experience so far with the Walden University Library has not been any different than other online libraries that I have utilized. The only thing that I would mention about the Walden University library is that no matter which database I utilize some of the articles are not available in the particular database and there would be a link stating “Find @Walden”, which will then connect me to the article in another database. I’m assuming that this means that the article that I’m looking for is not in that particular database and it will then connect me to where the article is, but sometimes the article is not available for my viewing.

My area of specialty is acute care nurse practitioner. I utilized the CINAHL database to perform my searches. My goal after completion of the NP program is to work in the hospitals either in the emergency room, as a hospitalist, or in the ICU.  The demand for nurse practitioners in critical or acute care is high and is expected to increase by 2025(Kaplan, 2021). As a nurse practitioner working in acute care I can expect to perform H&Ps, order test, interpret laboratory test and order and interpret diagnostic test. I  utilized the CINAHL database for this particular article. Navigating the CINAHL database was not difficult. I can filter the results to show me full text/peer reviewed. The reason that I use CINAHL as my go to database is because it is a healthcare based database and there are a lot of articles specifically for nursing. I can add to the search box fields key words and it will deliver a list of articles to choose from.

The Nursing and Allied Health database/ProQuest may now be my database of choice! I like the ease of navigation of the database. I can easily filter the years of the articles to within 5 years rather than changing the timeframe like in the CINAHL database. Also the Nursing and Allied Health database provided more articles that were relevant to my search than the CINAHL. Like my search  on the role of the nurse practitioner in acute care. The initial role of the ACNP in medical-surgical units was to provide routine and acute episodic care, including coverage for all rapid response. Routine and acute episodic care was provided to patients whose attending physicians signed the delegation agreement form. The ACNP did not admit or discharge patients, or perform medication reconciliation (Danesh et al., 2022). With the use of acute care nurse practitioners patient measures improved, such as satisfaction and quality of care measures. Improvements in management of pain, sepsis prevention and a supportive night care environment for staff.

I would recommend both the CINAHL database and the Nursing and Allied Health database for research. Both databases are easy to navigate and provide plenty of results for your research. The Nursing and Allied Health database may be a better choice for an individual who may not be quite sure what they are looking for as it will produce plenty of results without the need to be too distinct in the search fields, oppose to the CINAHL that requires the individual to be a little more distinct in what they may be looking for, limiting the results that will be produced.

Natasha,

Kaplan, L. & Klein, T. (2021). Characteristics and perceptions of the US nurse practitioner hospitalist workforce. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 33 (12), 1173-1179. doi: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000531.

Danesh, Valerie, PhD, RN,C.C.R.N.-K., F.C.C.M., Gigliotti, Elizabeth, MS, APRN,N.P.-C., A.C.N.P.-B.C., & Thoppil, Prasad, MSN,A.P.R.N., A.G.A.C.N.P.-B.C. (2022). Clinician Perceptions of Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Nighttime Surveillance Rounding in Medical-Surgical Units. Medsurg Nursing, 31(3), 151-157,168. https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/clinician-perceptions-acute-care-nurse/docview/2681523547/se-2

Scholary Writing Resources 

The article used for this assignment has been posted below. According to Canal-Rivero et al. (2022), using statistical analysis, a study involving 209 participants with First Episode Psychosis (FEP) found that having insight into one’s mental illness at the start of the study was a strong predictor of good functioning over the long term. In addition, maintaining or improving insight over time was associated with better interpersonal functioning. The study also found that insight tends to be a stable trait, but some people with FEP did experience changes in insight throughout the study. The results suggest that early intervention programs that help people with FEP develop insight into their condition may positively impact their long-term functioning.

The database I used to search for the article was found by first accessing my student portal and utilizing the Walden University online library A-Z Guide for nursing database. Here students can use the shortcut provided. Several peer-reviewed journal articles and resources are available to students. I used the APA PsycInfo database to search for my chosen peer-reviewed article. I did not experience difficulties searching for this article as I found the database easy to navigate.

I recommend this database to my colleagues as I find it beneficial for several reasons. First and foremost, by using the provided databases through Walden University’s library, my colleagues and I can ensure that we will be using reliable resources that have been peer-reviewed. Doing so ensures our research’s quality, validity, and accuracy. Also, by using these databases, we can critically assess the quality and relevance of research and consider how it might apply to our work. This can help us to become more informed, evidence-based practitioners and researchers.

References

Canal-Rivero, M., Ayesa-Arriola, R., Ruiz-Veguilla, M., Ortiz-García de la Foz, V., Labad, J., & Crespo-Facorro, B. (2022). Insight trajectories and their impact on psychosocial functioning: A 10-year follow-up study in first episode psychosis patients. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 131(7), 808–816. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000776.supp (Supplemental)

EBSCOhost Research Platform: EBSCO. EBSCO Information Services, Inc. | www.ebsco.com. (n.d.). Retrieved December 21, 2022, from https://www.ebsco.com/products/ebscohost-research-platform

Walden University Library. (n.d.). Databases A-Z: Nursing Links to an external site.Links to an external site. Retrieved December 21, 2022, from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/az.php?s=1998

Scholarly writing and writing at the graduate level require discipline, integrity, and the ability to research topics and bring forth information for the reader. In doing research for different topics, it is imperative to ensure credibility of different articles and sources. It is a fundamental skill to be able to identify and appraise the best available evidence in order to integrate it with your own clinical experience and patients’ values (Al-Jundi, 2017).

There are many databases available when researching any topic. A plethora of these databases are available thru Walden University’s Library. One of my favorite in particular to use is CINAHL or Pubmed. Both of these databases and many others are able to be narrowed down by criteria, publication year, topic, design, and many other individual items in order to best choose articles to complete research.

For this particular article, I chose CINAHL. I then chose the terms “obstetric” and “depression.” I narrowed it down even further by choosing articles within the last 10 years and by also clicking the box to only select “peer-reviewed articles.” This criterion yielded 85 results. I was able to read thru the abstract of a few articles and decided to go with The association of psychosocial factors and obstetric history with depression in pregnant women: focus on the role of emotional support (Jeong et al., 2013). I didn’t experience any difficulties searching for this article, the most difficult was discovering which article spoke the best to my interest. I would recommend CINAHL to my colleagues because it is one of the most user-friendly databases that I have gotten to work with, and always yields best results in my educational history. It also is a database that is specific to health sciences and allied health studies so it provides very good options that are on topic and align with any health related clinical research requirements.

References

Al-Jundi, A. (2017). Critical appraisal of Clinical Research. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH. https://doi.org/10.7860/jcdr/2017/26047.9942Links to an external site.

Jeong, H.-G., Lim, J.-S., Lee, M.-S., Kim, S.-H., Jung, I.-K., & Joe, S.-H. (2013). The Association of Psychosocial Factors and obstetric history with depression in pregnant women: Focus on the role of emotional support. General Hospital Psychiatry, 35(4), 354–358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2013.02.009

The Importance of Scholarly Literature and Peer Review
Scholarly literature and peer-reviewed resources are considered to be reliable and high quality. One way to ensure that you are using credible information sources in your work is specifically looking for scholarly literature journal articles and books written by recognized experts in the field pertaining to your research question. Scholarly literature is considered to be exceptionally  reliable in its methods, data and conclusions. There are several characteristics that make scholarly literature unique.

First, scholarly literature is is written by researchers who are active experts in their field, and is published in academic journals or through publishers who are affiliated with universities, and the leaders of organizations, such as a university press. Scholarly literature also conforms to academic and disciplinary standards, such as proper grammar, proper citations, and standards of research integrity to help you and other readers ensure that it findings are the highest quality. Scholarly research should always done with structure.  Foundational structure in research helps researchers and students navigate and evaluate scholarly literature for their own work. Only scholarly and  literature undergoes some type of review process by which the quality and accuracy of the work is vetted by other experts in the field. This process is known as peer review and and it is organized by the potential publisher of the research. Scholarly literature can only be published after passing peer review.

Walden University offers a variety of peer-reviewed sources beneficial for all student research through the Walden University library data base. I went to the webpage, and started my search by choosing the category “nursing” and narrowing my search down by typing in the world “psychiatric nursing”. Immediately, several scholarly literature pieces were easily assessable for research and my educational benefit. The webpage was easy to navigate and provided me with so many options. The specific article that caught my attention was “The Scope of a Nursing Practice in a Psychiatric Unit: A Time and Motions Study”. The article covered the by challenges of psychiatric nursing, and several factors that contribute to the difficulty of this field, such as complexity of care, stagnant staffing levels, and much more. I plan to utilize the student database more frequently for assignments, and I found this discussion to be very beneficial and eye-opening. This has shown me the many resources that I have at my fingertips.

References

EBSCOhost Research Platform: EBSCO. EBSCO Information Services, Inc. | www.ebsco.com. (n.d.).
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PurdueLibraries. (2020, November 4). Evaluating sources: Using scholarly literature in your research.

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