Nursing Research Priorities Based On CINAHL Database Discussion Response
Description
RE: Discussion – Week 4
Using the Walden University Library
Walden University Library databases’ Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) was the repository I utilized using the nursing A-Z index to look up a peer-reviewed paper that relates to my professional field of psychiatry (Walden University Library, n.d.). The article is titled “prevalence and characteristics of autism spectrum disorder among children aged 8 years — autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 11 sites, United States, 2012” (Christensen et al., 2018). Psychiatrists are crucial in diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and assisting individuals in coping with and managing the related difficulties (Crane et al., 2019). A broad selection of periodicals and e-books on various nursing and associated care issues may be found in CINAHL (Walden University Library, n.d.). One of the challenges I ran across when looking for this publication was that it took me a while to find it considering that this repository typically offers full texts for specific publications. It was challenging to discover the precise phrase I wanted for my article when utilizing this collection; therefore, I had to attempt several other theme keywords until I could uncover the topic that intrigued me.
Given the large variety of recordings and publications it contains, I think my peers would find this repository incredibly beneficial in their quest to learn more about various nursing specialties. According to Hopia and Heikkilä (2019), for nursing and nurse scholars, the CINAHL collection is regarded as being of utmost importance. Typically, the CINAHL repository has approximately 900 publications and 350,000 entries. My peers would also benefit significantly from this registry since it would enable them to compare multiple article varieties and assess how the nursing profession has changed over time. The directory includes documentation and publications that date back to 1937 and have continued to expand subject matter, allowing for comparing these modifications (Salminen, 2018).
References
Christensen, D. L., Braun, K. V., Baio, J., Bilder, D., Charles, J., Constantino, J. N., Daniels, J., Durkin, M. S., Fitzgerald, R. T., Kurzius-Spencer, M., Lee, L.-C., Pettygrove, S., Robinson, C., Schulz, E., Wells, C., Wingate, M. S., Zahorodny, W., & 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), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss6513a1
Crane, L., Davidson, I., Prosser, R., & Pellicano, E. (2019). Understanding psychiatrists’ knowledge, attitudes and experiences in identifying and supporting their patients on the autism spectrum: Online survey. BJPsych Open, 5(3), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2019.12
Hopia, H., & Heikkilä, J. (2019). Nursing research priorities based on CINAHL database: A scoping review. Nursing open, 7(2), 483–494. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.428
Salminen, H. (2018). CINAHL Complete – full text for more than 1300 journals for nursing and physiotherapy students. Samk. https://www.samk.fi/en/uutiset/cinahl-complete-full-text- for-more-than-1300-journals-for-nursing-and-physiotherapy-students/
Walden University Library. (n.d.). Databases A-Z: Nursing. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/az.php?s=19981
