NURS 6003 Using the Walden Library

NURS 6003 Using the Walden Library

Where can you find evidence to inform your thoughts and scholarly writing? Throughout your degree program, you will use research literature to explore ideas, guide your thinking, and gain new insights. As you search the research literature, it is important to use resources that are peer-reviewed and from scholarly journals. You may already have some favorite online resources and databases that you use or have found useful in the past. For this Discussion, you explore databases available through the Walden Library.
Note: Unless otherwise noted, initial postings to Discussions are due on or before Day 3, and response postings are due on or before Day 6. You are required to participate in the Discussion on at least three different days (a different day for main post and each response). It is important to adhere to the weekly time frame to allow others ample time to respond to your posting. In addition, you are expected to respond to questions directed toward your own initial posting in a timely manner.

To Prepare:
• Review the information presented in the Learning Resources for using the Walden Library, searching the databases, and evaluating online resources.
• Begin searching for a peer-reviewed article that pertains to your practice area and interests you.
By Day 3 of Week 4
Post the following:
Using proper APA formatting, cite the peer-reviewed article you selected that pertains to your practice area and is of particular interest to you and identify the database that you used to search for the article. Explain any difficulties you experienced while searching for this article. Would this database be useful to your colleagues? Explain why or why not. Would you recommend this database? Explain why or why not.
By Day 6 of Week 4
Respond to at least two of your colleagues’ posts by offering suggestions/strategies for working with this database from your own experience, or offering ideas for using alternative resources.
Click on the Reply button below to reveal the textbox for entering your message. Then click on the Submit button to post your message.
KELLY
RE: Discussion – Week 4
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My goal as an MSN student is to one day become an Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. The peer-review article I chose is titled “Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Students’ Perceptions of a Debriefing Experience After a Cardiac Emergency High-Fidelity Simulation: A Qualitative Study” (2021). This article can be found in AACN Advanced Critical Care, a journal published by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (2021). As nurses advance their role to becoming acute care nurse practitioners, they need specialized training to prepare them. This study uses a qualitative approach to explore students’ perceptions on whether simulation on emergent situations and debriefing experiences would grow their leadership-related learning abilities (Ali et al., 2021).
Because online search databases typically contain only abstracts, I found it difficult to locate a peer-reviewed journal article in its entirety unless subscribed to that database. Also, after using Walden’s database, I had a hard time locating an article that was recently published, and pertinent to advanced practice nursing in a critical care setting. I am a member of AACN and I have utilized its evidence-based resources for many purposes throughout my career. Experts explain that evidence-based practice is the integration of individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research (Al-Jundi & Sakka, 2017). The AACN is a useful database for students and professionals because it is a professional organization that provides peer-reviewed research that is evidence-based as well as carefully evaluated healthcare information by the guidance of fully qualified experts. This database also includes research and data services that are centered around baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs.
The “AACN Scope and Standards for Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Practice” describes and measures the expected level of practice and professional performance for acute care nurse practitioners and offers a practical tool for students, educators, and advanced practice nurses caring for high acuity or critically ill patients and their families (AACN, 2021). Therefore, I would recommend this database to my colleagues who have a goal is becoming an acute care nurse practitioner one day.

References
Ali, A. A., Miller, E., Musallam, E., & Ballman, K. (2021). Acute care nurse practitioner students’ perceptions of a debriefing experience after a cardiac emergency high-fidelity simulation: A qualitative study. AACN Advanced Critical Care, 32(3), 264–274. https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2021376
American Association of Critical Care Nurses. (2021). AACN Scope and Standards for Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Practice. https://www.aacn.org/nursing-excellence/standards/aacn-scope-and-standards-for-acute-care-nurse-practitioner-practice.
White, T., Kokiousis, J., Ensminger, S., & Shirey, M. (2017). Supplementing intensivist staffing with nurse practitioners. AACN Advanced Critical Care, 28(2), 111–123. https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2017949

RESPOND HERE (150 WORDS, 3 REFERENCES)
This is insightful Kelly, the article selected, “Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Students’ Perceptions of a Debriefing Experience after a Cardiac Emergency High-Fidelity Simulation: A Qualitative Study” (2021), is relevant to the topic or area of study. Specialized training is necessary for the nurses who want to advance their roles in acute care (Ali et al., 2021). The article contains essential information required in the course or the area of study. From the article, the abstract only contain basic information about the topic under the study. However, the article can be accessed from the link provided (White et al., 2017). The full article contain advanced information and data required for the entire study. The full document also contain comprehensive information about the topic under the study. Walden University database contain numerous articles that can be applied to research about the same topic (Bramer et al., 2018). To determine the exact article required in the research processes, the application of keywords or phrases is essential. These keywords provided direct link to the document required.
References
Ali, A. A., Miller, E., Musallam, E., & Ballman, K. (2021). Acute care nurse practitioner students’ perceptions of a debriefing experience after a cardiac emergency high-fidelity simulation: A qualitative study. AACN Advanced Critical Care, 32(3), 264–274. https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2021376
Bramer, W. M., de Jonge, G. B., Rethlefsen, M. L., Mast, F., & Kleijnen, J. (2018). A systematic approach to searching: an efficient and complete method to develop literature searches. Journal of the Medical Library Association: JMLA, 106(4), 531. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6148622/
White, T., Kokiousis, J., Ensminger, S., & Shirey, M. (2017). Supplementing intensivist staffing with nurse practitioners. AACN Advanced Critical Care, 28(2), 111–123. https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2017949

NURS 6003 Using the Walden Library

CLARICEL
RE: Discussion – Week 4
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Peer-Reviewed Article on COVID-19 and Mental Health in the United States
The significant impact of the pandemic on the population’s mental health has been one of the main reasons I pursued my MSN in Psychiatric-Mental Health degree. Its effects on individuals from all walks of life, regardless of race and gender, have been hard to ignore. For this discussion, the article I chose is titled COVID-19 and mental health equity in the United States by Purtle (2020). In this journal, the author discussed that socially disadvantaged groups like those in the low-income brackets and those belonging to racial/ethnic minorities experienced more pandemic-related psychiatric illnesses (Purtle, 2020). Using the database APA PsycInfo, I keyed the words “COVID-19” and “mental health” on the first search field and “United States” on the second field. To expand my search, I included the Boolean “AND.” The search resulted in 470 articles. One setback I encountered was the vast number of articles I generated from my initial inquiry and narrowed my search. To focus my search, I used the “TI” Titles from the optional field, chose FullText, and publication years 2019 to 2021 as my limiters, resulting in 17 articles (Walden University Library, n.d.).
There are many valuable databases available for research and scientific studies. APA PsycInfo is one of them. Like many databases, it contains trusted and credible peer-reviewed articles. However, APA PsycInfo would be more beneficial for those pursuing studies on behavioral and social sciences as it has more choices of psychiatric journals than the MEDLINE database (Eady, Wilczynski, & Haynes, 2008). APA PsycInfo contains one of the most extensive selections, more than 5million scientific papers, focusing on this field (American Psychological Association, n.d.). Therefore, it would be a useful resource for anyone interested in this field of study. I would highly recommend this to my colleagues also pursuing MSN in Psychiatry-Mental Health.

References
American Psychological Association. (n.d.). APA PsycINFO – APA publishing | APA.
https://www.apa.org. https://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psycinfo

Eady, A. M., Wilczynski, N. L., & Haynes, R. B. (2008). PsycINFO search strategies identified
methodologically sound therapy studies and review articles for use by clinicians and
researchers. Journal of clinical epidemiology, 61(1), 34–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.09.016

Purtle, J. (2020). COVID-19 and mental health equity in the United States. Social Psychiatry
and Psychiatric Epidemiology: The International Journal for Research in Social and
Genetic Epidemiology and Mental Health Services, 55(8), 969–971. https://doi-
org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1007/s00127-020-01896-8

Walden University Library. (n.d.). Databases A-Z:
Nursing. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/az.php?s=19981

RESPOND HERE (150 WORDS, 3 REFERENCES)

This is insightful Claricel, the significant impact of the pandemic on the population’s mental health has been one of the main reasons I pursued my MSN in Psychiatric-Mental Health degree. Master of Science in Psychiatric-Mental Health is essential in gaining knowledge in evidence-based practices and the research processes in healthcare (American Psychological Association, n.d). The journal identified is relevant to the research topic or the topic under consideration. The journal can be accessed through the link that have been provided (Bramer et al., 2018). This link leads to a comprehensive information that can be applied in the gaining information about the topic under consideration (White et al., 2017). Walden university database contain numerous sources of information that can be applied in the research process. Using the keywords or phrases is necessary in finding the link to the relevant information that is needed. Apart from Walden University database, there is APA PsycInfo database that can be applied to identify information required. APA PsycInfo database contain relevant and credible information that can be applied in the research processes.
References
American Psychological Association. (n.d.). APA PsycINFO – APA publishing | APA.
https://www.apa.org. https://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psycinfo
White, T., Kokiousis, J., Ensminger, S., & Shirey, M. (2017). Supplementing intensivist staffing with nurse practitioners. AACN Advanced Critical Care, 28(2), 111–123. https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2017949
Bramer, W. M., de Jonge, G. B., Rethlefsen, M. L., Mast, F., & Kleijnen, J. (2018). A systematic approach to searching: an efficient and complete method to develop literature searches. Journal of the Medical Library Association: JMLA, 106(4), 531. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6148622/