Nursing: Short Videos for RN to BSN Students

Also take a look at the Belk Library Video Tutorials, at https://library.appstate.edu/research-help-guides/video-tutorials.

If you have any questions or problems, I can easily respond with a short video.  (But in person, web conference, phone, and email are good too.)

Sample in-text citations: 

(Lane, 2015)        (Brackney & Fiske, 2019)

Sample references:

Also see:

Library guide: Basics, In-text citations, References

AppState Writing Center: Overview, Sample paper, and Header instructions.

Hi.  I'm John Wiswell.  I'm the librarian who works with Nursing.  So contact me when you need help or just want to talk.

• Email  wiswellj@appstate.edu      Most of my interactions with Nursing students are through email.
• Chat  See the chat box on the left column of library.appstate.edu and on other library web pages.  I'm not the only librarian who responds (and we have a state-level service in the evenings), but I try to look at all the transcripts for Nursing-relevant questions.
• Walk in or in-person appointments   I know distance students do not usually come to campus, but I am available.  
• Web Conference   I can meet with you in Zoom, either by appointment or "drop-in," (prompted maybe by email/chat/phone) often immediately.
• Phone   828-262-7853  (That's also my Zoom location.)

Boolean : 

AND  You use AND by default.  Intersection of sets.  Concussion prevention uses AND function and only gives you results (articles, webpages, etc) that have both words.

OR   OR allows you to search synonyms or related (or even unrelated) concepts at the same time.  Ankle OR knee OR foot allows you to search all these concepts at one time.  For most complex searches use parentheses, (Ankle OR knee OR foot).  Carolina OR tennessee OR virginia OR appalach*.  Teenager OR adolescent OR youth.  Elderly OR aged OR older OR senior.  The asterisk searches variations with the same beginning letters.

NOT   You probably will not use NOT often.  Get rid of unwanted results, if you can identify a word that will work.  (Leg OR knee OR thigh) NOT ankle.  (I often use Nurs* NOT "nursing homes.")

Quotation marks are useful, but strictly speaking, are not Boolean.

PICO

Helps with creating an answerable, useful question.  Helps with choice of search words.

Problem or population  -- stroke victims with swallowing disorders, 50-60 years old

Intervention -- possible new treatment (or assessment method)

Comparison (or placebo) -- what's being used up to now.

Outcome -- return to eating solids unassisted.