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NURS 4400-OL: Healthcare Policy, Finance & Regulatory Environments

Resources and information relevant to the topics discussed in NURS 4400-OL.

Searching Power

Boolean Logic

Using the power of the AND OR NOT "Boolean operators" in between your searching terms enriches the quality of the information you find.

children AND vaccines = The search engine will find articles about BOTH these terms

children OR teens = use OR with synonyms to broaden the number of hits

children NOT adults = using NOT before a word will exclude a term narrowing the number of hits

Wildcard Symbol: Using the Asterisk * after a search term tells the database to look for several variations of words. For example child* will search for Child, Children, Childhood.  Wom* will search for women, woman... some databases use the ! exclamation point for the wildcard symbol. 

Keywords & Phrases

When you are in a nursing database it is not always necessary to search for the word "nursing"... Try a search without that word.

The following terms are taken from the 4400 syllabus:

nursing roles      

nursing profession AND development AND growth

midwife AND roles

nursing models AND theories

critical thinking

communication AND nursing

non-verbal communication

reality shock

nursing law

nclex

political participation

standards of care

ethics issues AND nursing      

bioethical issues

end of life AND nursing

technology trends

informatics

confidentiality issues

spirituality

cultural diversity

Boolean Logic = SMART Searching