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National Patient Safety Goals

National Patient Safety Goals | Joint Commission
Find 2024 National Patient Safety Goals to learn about and select a problem for your research and writing.
2024 Hospital National Patient Safety Goals | Easy-to-Read Format
Find concise 2024 Hospital National Patient Safety Goals from The Joint Commission.

PICO Worksheet

PICO Worksheet
Use this printable worksheet to plan your search strategy using PICO and to select relevant databases for your search. Adapted from ECU's Laupus Health Sciences Library.

Plan Your Search with PICO

The format:

P – Patient, problem or population
I – Intervention
C – Comparison, control or comparator
O – Outcome(s) (e.g. pain, fatigue, nausea, infections, death)

PICO tutorial | Arizona State University Library
An interactive tutorial that introduces the PICO format and how it can be used effectively to formulate a research question.

Source: Learning Resources Center, Logan University

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CINAHL Plus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Find full-text evidence-based articles, nursing dissertations, EBP care sheets, and more.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive resource containing citations (some full-text) to biomedical articles and life science journals. (NC LIVE)
Nursing & Allied Health Database This link opens in a new window
Journals and dissertations covering nursing, allied health, and alternative and complementary medicine. (NC LIVE)

MeSH on Demand

MeSH on Demand | National Library of Medicine
Use this AI powered search box to generate National Library of Medicine MeSH (subject headings/controlled vocabulary) for your search and to find PubMed articles or to use articles for citation chaining.

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APA Style | Purdue OWL
An overview of APA 7th edition.
The Learning Center (TLC) | Brunswick Community College
Find information about the TLC Writing Lab and other useful resources.

NUR 211 - Parrella - Clinical Research Paper: Quick Start

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National Patient Safety Goals

PICO Worksheet

Plan Your Search with PICO

The format:

Search Best Bets!

MeSH on Demand

Write & Cite Your Paper