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Graduate Nursing Course LibGuides

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Getting Started

Recommended Databases in the Health Sciences
This includes a list of recommended databases in the different areas of health sciences as well as a video on how to locate these on the library website.
Searching For Literature
This takes you through the step by step process in doing a literature search, first from topic to search statement then using the library databases. This includes videos as well as the step by step process in writing with examples.

Using Cochrane Library
by Denise R. Gehring, MSLIS, MA Last Updated Sep 9, 2025 202 views this year
Evidence Based Practice in the Health Sciences
by Denise R. Gehring, MSLIS, MA Last Updated Sep 11, 2025 412 views this year
Identifying and Removing Duplicate Articles
by Denise R. Gehring, MSLIS, MA Last Updated Sep 19, 2025 1585 views this year
Scoping & Systematic Reviews
by Denise R. Gehring, MSLIS, MA Last Updated Oct 20, 2025 1141 views this year
Clinical Trials Registers
by Denise R. Gehring, MSLIS, MA Last Updated Sep 9, 2025 77 views this year
UpToDate Database User Guide
by Denise R. Gehring, MSLIS, MA Last Updated Aug 19, 2025 729 views this year
Zotero User Guide
by Denise R. Gehring, MSLIS, MA Last Updated Sep 29, 2025 413 views this year

Course Texts

APA 7th Edition from Purdue OWL

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association
Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2020 PRINT

ISBN: 9781433832161

Publication Date: 2019-10-01
Literature reviews for education and nursing graduate students by Linda Frederiksen (Author), Sue F Phelps (Author)
Publication Date: 2018
Writing Literature Reviews by Jose L. Galvan; Melisa C. Galvan
Call Number: H62 .G246 2017 ebook

ISBN: 9780415315746

Publication Date: 2017-04-05

PRISMA

START HERE:

Creating a PRISMA flow diagram
by Denise R. Gehring, MSLIS, MA Last Updated Sep 25, 2025 6421 views this year

Then Watch:

Using the CINAHL/MeSH Subject Headings Feature in the new EBSCOhost User Interface

Recommended Resources

Nursing Research: Reading, Using and Creating Evidence by Janet Houser
Call Number: RT81.5 .H72 2018 ebook

ISBN: 1284110044

Publication Date: 2016-12-27
Anatomy of Writing for Publication for Nurses by Cynthia Saver; Sigma Theta Tau International Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: RT24 .S28 2017 ebook

ISBN: 9781945157219

Publication Date: 2017-05-01
Crafting Scholarship in the Behavioral and Social Sciences by Robert M. Milardo
Call Number: H61.8|b.M56 2015 ebook

ISBN: 9781138787834

Publication Date: 2014-09-18
A Nurse's Step-By-Step Guide to Writing a Dissertation or Scholarly Project by Karen Roush; Sigma Theta Tau International Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: RT73 .R68 2019 ebook

ISBN: 9781948057127

Publication Date: 2018-10-01
Writing for Publication in Nursing by Marilyn H. Oermann; Judith C. Hays
Call Number: RT24 .O35 2019 ebook

ISBN: 9780826147011

Publication Date: 2018-06-01

Course Description from the Academic Catalog

This course guides the student through the process of demonstrating an integration of theoretical, clinical, and research knowledge. Critical thinking is enhanced through careful consideration of information presented during discussion. Final clinical examinations take place this semester.

GNRS597 Syllabus Fall 2025

Your Librarian is Denise Gehring

Last Updated: Oct 7, 2025 2:00 PM
URL: https://libraries.apu.edu/graduatenursing
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Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing

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