The Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health (CINAHL) database provides authoritative coverage of the literature related to nursing and allied health. Virtually all English-language publications are indexed along with the publications of the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing. Primary journals are indexed from the following allied health fields:
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Selected journals are also indexed in the areas of consumer health, biomedicine, and health sciences librarianship. In total, more than 1200 journals are regularly indexed; online abstracts are available for more than 800 of these titles. There are more than 7000 records with full text now included and 1200 records with images. The database also provides access to healthcare books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of professional practice, educational software and audiovisual materials in nursing.
More than 10,000 CINAHL subject headings provide specific access to NAHL citations. Approximately 70 percent of CINAHL headings also appear in MEDLINE. CINAHL supplements these headings with 2,000+ terms designed specifically for nursing and allied health. All explodable headings have been pre-exploded by Ovid.
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aa All Authors [Phrase Indexed]
smith g.aa.
The All Authors (AA) field has been added, and may be searched to find Authors
(AU), Contributors (CO), Named Persons (NP), Editors (ED) and Corporate Authors
(CA).
ab Abstract [Word Indexed]
endocarditis.ab.
escherichia coli.ab.
Since January 1986, author abstracts have been included for certain journals
indexed in CINAHL. In 1995 CINAHL began writing original abstracts for some
journal articles and all audiovisual and software records. A "[CINAHL Abstract]"
indicator will follow any original abstract.
In records with a reference to another CINAHL record, the Accession Number to
that record links to the cited reference. Only references to CINAHL documents
are linked, and not all records include a reference and link.
Stopwords, such as "the" and "of" are not searchable.
an or ui Accession Number [Phrase Indexed]
2002139404.an.
2002139404.ui.
The Accession Number (AN) field contains a 10-digit number assigned by CINAHL to
uniquely identify a particular record. Certain records also contain the
eight-digit reference number that corresponds to the Medline system of unique
identifiers.
as Abbreviated Source [Display Only]
world ir nurs.as.
nurs manage.as.
The Abbreviated Source (AS) field contains an abbreviation of the source field,
as well as a display of all the basic information needed to locate a citation,
including the Journal Name, Monograph or Software Publisher, Vol/Issue,
pagination and year of publication.
au Author [Phrase Indexed]
barrett ca.au.
The Author (AU) field contains personal author names. The format for authors
is last name followed by one or more initials: Smith JC or Smith J.
Enter the last name, or if it is a common name, enter the last name and first
initial. If you are unsure of the spelling of the last name (macdonald or
mcdonald), enter one version and you will be able to scroll through the list of
names to find the other.
by Bibliography [Display Only]
The Bibliography (BY) field contains additional bibliographic references cited
by the author. All cited references are included. This field is formatted like
Cited References and may contain a CINAHL accession number that indicates if
the original article is indexed in the database. In addition, the Bibliography
field may be occur more than once to accommodate author(s), title, source, and
abstract. This field was added to selected publications in the CINAHL database
in 2001.
In records with a reference to another CINAHL record, the Accession Number to
that record links to the cited reference. Only references to CINAHL documents
are linked, and not all records include a reference and link.
ca Corporate Author [Phrase Indexed]
"centers for disease control and prevention".ca.
The Corporate Author (CA) field contains the name(s) of the corporate author(s)
if the document was not authored by individuals. To search for a corporate
author, enter the most unique word or phrase in the name.
ce CE Module Information [Phrase Indexed]
"2003000000za.pdf Fosphenytoin Sodium--CE Module".ce.
The CE Module Information (CE) field contains the title and number of the
Portable Document Format (PDF) file for a specific CINAHL Continuing Education
course. Modules provide Nursing and Allied Health professionals with a means
to fulfill individual continuing education requirements.
cm Commentary/Response [Word Indexed]
women's health.cm.
The Commentary/Response (CM) field indicates whether a journal article
commentary or a response to a commentary is available.
In records with a reference to another CINAHL record, the Accession Number to
that record links to the cited reference. Only references to CINAHL documents
are linked, and not all records include a reference and link.
cn Special Fields Contained [Display Only]
The Special Fields Contained (CN) field lists the special text fields that are
used in any particular record. This will enable the searcher to see what
particular records contain should they have certain fields not displayable at
all times. This field displays at all times.
co Contributor [Phrase Indexed]
bailey mk.co.
schaffner w.co.
The Contributor (CO) field contains contributor names in the format of last
name followed by one or more initials. This field is indexed under authors, and
includes contributors, consultants, reviewers, or reporters who are not
principle authors.
cx CINAHLexpress Document Delivery [Word Indexed]
pedn2405.cx.
The CINAHLexpress Document Delivery (CX) field contains the URL for the location
of the full-text Portable Document Format (PDF) documents located at the CINAHL
website. There is a charge for these documents.
dd Document Delivery [Display Only]
The Document Delivery (DD) field contains information indicating where the full
text of the document can be obtained. When available, this field will include
a UMI Order Number. The UMI Order Number can be used to order the document
from UMI (1-800-521-0600, x2786).
df Description [Word Indexed]
abdominal.df.
The Description (df) field contains detailed information on the particular
research instrument or other document type.
In records with a reference to another CINAHL record, the Accession Number to
that record links to the cited reference. Only references to CINAHL documents
are linked, and not all records include a reference and link.
dg Degree for Masters & Dissertations [Word Indexed]
PhD.dg.
The Degree for Masters & Dissertations (DG) field contains the degree of the
author of the publication. This field displays as part of the Source.
dp Date of Publication [Display Only]
The Date of Publication (DP) field contains the month, year, and possibly day
that the journal was published. This field displays as part of the source
(SO) field.
du Article URL [Word Indexed]
women's research.du.
The Article URL (DU) field contains the website address which will link users
to the publisher’s website to locate individual articles. At the time of the
2003 reload, this field is unpopulated, but records containing Article URLs
are expected before the next reload.
dv Division [Word Indexed]
research.dv.
The Division (DV) field contains the name of the Publisher's division, if
listed, for pamphlets and other published material.
ed Editor [Phrase Indexed]
amin nm.ed.
wyatt j.ed.
The Editor (ED) field contains names of the editors of departments, columns,
series, and overalls, in the format of last name followed by one or more
initials.
en Edition or Revised Edition [Word Indexed]
2 rev ed.en.
The Edition or Revised Edition (EN) field contains the edition or revised
edition of a publication. This field displays as part of the Source.
ew Entry Week [Phrase Indexed]
"200012".ew
20021025.ew
The Entry Week (EW) field contains a 6- or 8-digit date in which a document was
added to the CINAHL database. Prior to 2001, the Entry Week field has a
6-digit date in the YYYYMM format. Beginning in 2001, the Entry Week field
consists of an 8-digit date in the YYYYMMWW format.
The Revised Date (RD) also displays as part of the Entry Week (EW) field.
fs Floating Subheading [Phrase Indexed]
et.fs.
Subheadings are qualifiers added to CINAHL subject headings to refine their
meaning. Qualifiers such as "surgery" or "therapy," when combined with a subject
heading, give a very precise idea of what an article covers.
The Floating Subheading (FS) field contains the 2-letter codes, such as "su"
for surgery. The spelled out subheadings for any subject heading can be viewed
using the pull-down menu TOOLS/Subheadings.
gi Grant Information [Word Indexed]
ford foundation.gi.
The Grant Information (GI) field contains funding information, including the
institution(s) and grant number (if any).
hw or me Subject Heading Word [word Indexed]
diazepam.hw.
The Subject Heading Word (HW) contains every subject heading, allowing searches
for every subject heading including a search term. It can also be viewed using
the pull-down menu from Tools/Permuted Index.
ib ISBN [Phrase Indexed]
90-5199-362-5.ib.
The ISBN (IB) field contains the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) for
the book which is cited. It appears as a 10-12 digit numerical string.
id Identifiers [Word Indexed]
implant-supported.id.
The Identifiers (ID) field contains main heading subject terms being considered
for inclusion in the next CINAHL Subject Headings thesaurus.
im Image File Names [Phrase Indexed]
"2002075890.pdf".im.
The Image File Names (IM) field contains the names of files of images associated
with a document. These files are in PDF format.
in Institution [Word Indexed]
tufts.in.
san francisco.in.
The Institution (IN) field has been included in CINAHL since 1992. This field
includes the primary author's affiliation and address for journal articles and
a producer address for software records.
Certain abbreviations have been standardized in the Institution field, including
such terms as Hospital (HOSP), Medical and Medicine (MED), Administration (ADM),
Nursing (NURS), Division (DIV), and Associate or Association (ASSOC).
ip Issue/Part [Word Indexed]
"3".ip.
The Issue/Part field (IP) contains the issue and/or part for a particular
volume of a serial publication. The IP field is displayed as part of the
Source (so) field.
is ISSN [Phrase Indexed]
0098-7484.is.
The ISSN (IS) field contains the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) for
the journal in which an article was published. It appears as an 8-digit number,
separated by a hyphen.
it Instrumentation [Word Indexed]
infant development.it.
The Instrumentation (IT) field includes the names of instruments used in
research studies indexed by CINAHL. Names of clinical assessment tools also
appear in this field, but instrument names do not include subscales, revised
versions, edition numbers, etc.
To search for instrument names, enter the most unique word or phrase in the
name.
jn Journal Name [Phrase Indexed]
nursing times.jn.
The Journal Name (JN) field contains the full name of the journal in which an
article was published. Journal names are indexed as phrases -- enter as many of
the letters in a journal name as are needed to distinguish it from other
journals, such as "nursing ti" to search for Nursing Times.
Stopwords such as "of" ARE included in the journal name index, but when "the" is
the first word of a journal, it has been removed.
jw Journal Word [Word Indexed]
obstetrics.jw.
The Journal Word (JW) field contains individual words from every journal name
in CINAHL. This field is used to retrieve every occurrence of a journal which
includes a particular word, such as "obstetrics."
Stopwords such as "the" or "of" are not included.
le Legal Cases [Word Indexed]
roe v wade.le.
The Legal Cases (LE) field contains the names of legal cases found in indexed
materials.
lg Language [Phrase Indexed]
fre.lg.
The Language (LG) field contains the language of publication of an article. The
language name will appear in the index as a 3-letter code (such as fre for
French); the codes are usually, but not always, the first three letters of the
language name. Non-English materials were added to the CINAHL database beginning
in 1994.
The language index is quickly scrollable to determine all languages which appear
in CINAHL.
mi Miscellaneous Bibliographic Information [Word Indexed]
videocassette.mi.
The Miscellaneous Bibliographic Information (MI) field contains additional
information about videocassettes, compact discs, etc. This field displays as
part of the Source.
ni NLM Unique Identifier [Phrase Indexed]
21402658.ni.
The NLM Unique Identifier (NI) field contains the Unique number assigned by the
National Library of Medicine to identify the document. This number can be used
to order the document from NLM's DOCLINE document delivery service.
When available, the NLM Unique Identifier will display as part of the Accession
Number (AN) field.
nl NLM Serial ID Number [Phrase Indexed]
9892323.nl.
The NLM Serial ID Number (NL) field contains the number assigned by the National
Library of Medicine to identify the journal in which the document was published.
This number, in conjunction with additional citation information, can be used to
order the document from NLM's DOCLINE document delivery service.
np Named Person [Phrase Indexed]
nightingale f.np.
The Named Person (NP) field contains biography names in the format of last name
followed by one or more initials.
nt Notes [Word Indexed]
software.nt.
The Notes (NT) field includes such information as publisher changes and
instances when an article is in multiple journals.
os Original Study [Word Indexed]
HIV.os.
The Original Study (OS) field contains references to the original studies cited
by the author. All cited references are included. This field is formatted like
Cited References and may contain a CINAHL accession number, as well as
author(s), title, and source information. This field was added to selected
publications in the CINAHL database in 2001.
In records with a reference to another CINAHL record, the Accession Number to
that record links to the cited reference. Only references to CINAHL documents
are linked, and not all records include a reference and link.
pb Publisher [Word Indexed]
new york.pb.
The Publisher (PB) field generally contains the publisher or producer but may
include other items which represent the "source" of the information. For
example, in legal case records, it is the name of the case, for websites it is
the organization, etc. This field displays as part of the Source (SO) field).
pg Pagination [Phrase Indexed]
"99".pg.
The first page on which an article appears is indexed in the Page (PG) field.
Often a journal title combined with the beginning page number and volume is
enough to locate a citation.
pl Place of Publication [Phrase Indexed]
westport ct.pl.
The Place of Publication (PL) field contains the city and corresponding state,
province or country where the material was published. This field displays as
part of the Source (SO) field).
pm PubMed Identifier [Phrase Indexed]
"11682327".pm.
The PubMed Identifier (PM) field indicates the PubMed number assigned to the
record of the document. This field is available from 2002 onward.
pt Publication Type [Phrase Indexed]
bibliography.pt.
In addition to indexing documents with CINAHL subject headings, the CINAHL
indexers also assign terms to describe the article type. Publication Types
include such classifications as case study, computer program, software,
editorial, proceedings, etc. These terms appear in the Publication Type (PT)
field.
pu Publisher URL [Word Indexed]
harcourt.pu.
The Publisher URL (PU) field contains the URL address for the publisher.
rb References [Word Indexed]
"34".rb
ref.rb.
The References (RB) field contains the number of cites in the reference or
bibliography list. This field displays as part of the Source.
rd Revised Date [Phrase Indexed]
"20021025".rd.
When an existing record has been revised, the Revised Date (RD) field will
contain the 6- or 8-digit date noting when the record was revised. Revisions to
records added to the database prior to 2001 will have a 6-digit date in YYYYMM
format. Revisions to records added to the database beginning in 2001 will have
an 8-digit date in YYYYMMWW format. The new format includes the week the record
was revised, in addition to the year and month. For example, a 1995 record
revised in 2001 will have a 6-digit revision date; a 2001 record, once revised,
would have an 8- digit revision date. Revised records will appear in the update
immediately following the revision. When a Revised Date is available it will
display as part of the Entry Week (EW) field. Revised Date is also a limit.
rf Cited References [Word Indexed]
protocol.rf.
The Cited Reference (RF) field contains the bibliographic references cited by
the author. All cited references are included. The Cited Reference field was
added to selected publications in 1994.
In records with a reference to another CINAHL record, the Accession Number to
that record links to the cited reference. Only references to CINAHL documents
are linked, and not all records include a reference and link.
rv Reviews [Word Indexed]
doody's rating service.rv.
The Reviews (RV) field contains bibliographic information for reviews of
a document.
In records with a reference to another CINAHL record, the Accession Number to
that record links to the cited reference. Only references to CINAHL documents
are linked, and not all records include a reference and link.
sb Journal Subset [Phrase Indexed]
allied health journals.sb.
z.sb.
CINAHL includes twenty-five broad Journal Subset (SB) categories. Each category
has a corresponding code to make searching convenient. The categories are:
African Journals: f
Allied Health Journals: a
Alternative or Complementary Therapy Journals: v
Asian Journals: s
Australian & New Zealand Journals: z
Biomedical Journals: b
Blind Peer Reviewed Journals: bp
Canadian Journals: d
Computer and Information Science Journals: i
Consumer Health Journals: h
Core Nursing Journals: c
Double Blind Peer Reviewed: dp
Editorial Board Reviewed Journals: eb
European Journals: r
Expert Peer Reviewed Journals: xp
Health Promotion and Education Journals: ed
Health Services Administration Journals: m
Mexican & Central or South American Journals: x
Nursing Journals: n
Online Journals: o
Online / Print Journals: op
Peer Reviewed Journals: p
Public Health Journals: ph
USA Journals: u
UK & Ireland Journals: e
sh or de Subject Heading [Phrase Indexed]
practical nursing.sh.
The CINAHL Subject Headings (SH) field contains the subject headings used by
CINAHL indexers to describe the content of an article. 70% of the CINAHL
headings are also NLM MeSH headings, and CINAHL supplements these terms with
over 2,000 unique terms related to nursing and allied health.
sl School Name for Masters & Dissertations [Phrase Indexed]
university of alabama at birmingham.sl.
The School Name for Masters & Dissertations (SL) field contains the name of the
school from which the author was affiliated with when published. This field
displays as part of the Source.
so Source
The Source (SO) field includes a display of all the basic information needed to
locate a citation, including the Journal Name, Monograph or Software Publisher,
Vol/Issue, pagination and year of publication.
sp Special Interest Category [Phrase Indexed]
critical care.sp.
The Special Interest (SP) field contains 32 specific special interest current
awareness categories:
advanced nursing practice alternative therapies
case management chiropractic care
com critical care
dental care emergency care
evidence based practice gerontologic care
home health care hospice palliative care
informatics military uniformed services
nursing administration nursing education
nursing language classification nutrition
obstetric care occupational therapy
oncologic care pain and pain management
pediatric care perioperative care
physical therapy psychiatric/psychology
public health quality assurance
speech language pathology audiology social work
sports medicine wound care
su Supplement Title [Word Indexed]
wound care.su.
The Supplement Title (SU) field includes the specific title of the supplement
or is indicated by suppl. This field displays as part of the Source.
tc Table of Contents [Word Indexed]
nursing home.tc.
In order to provide comprehensive coverage of all nursing and allied health
articles which contain information about topics such as new products, new
drugs, or nursing practice issues, a new Table of Contents (TC) field has been
added. Each Table of Contents entry contains the author(s), the title of the
item, and pagination information. Entries will also include the CINAHL
Accession Number if a full record for the item appears in CINAHL.
In records with a reference to another CINAHL record, the Accession Number to
that record links to the cited reference. Only references to CINAHL documents
are linked, and not all records include a reference and link.
ti Title [Word Indexed]
bone marrow.ti.
The Title (TI) field contains the title of an article, book, proceeding,
dissertation or a software name. Some titles include a title clarification
which is added by an indexer if the original title does not adequately describe
the contents of the item.
Stopwords such as "of" or "the" will display in documents but do not appear in
the Title index. However, the word "a", which is a stopword in other fields CAN
be searched in titles.
tw Text Word
placebos.tw.
febrile seizure.tw.
The Text Word (TW) field is an alias for all of the fields in a database which
contain text words which are appropriate for a subject search. The Text Word
field in CINAHL includes the Title (TI), Abstract (AB), Instrumentation (IT),
and Identifiers (ID) fields.
tx Full Text [Word Indexed]
nursing.tx.
Beginning in 1994, the full text of some documents is available in CINAHL in
the Full Text (TX) field. Initially, the full text field primarily contained the
standards of nursing practice, nurse practice acts, research instruments,
and some state nursing journals. The full text index contains all searchable
words from the text.
In records with a reference to another CINAHL record, the Accession Number to
that record links to the cited reference. Only references to CINAHL documents
are linked, and not all records include a reference and link.
Stopwords, such as "the" and "of" are not searchable.
vo Volume [Word Indexed]
"7".vo.
The Volume (VO) field consists of the volume number of a serial publication.
This field displays as part of the source (SO) field.
wb Website [Word Indexed]
medsearch.wb.
The Website (WB) field lists websites mentioned in the article. A brief
description of the site may also be present, for example, "www.cancer.org
American Cancer Society."
yr Year of Publication [Phrase Indexed]
"2002".yr.
The Year (YR) field contains the year in which an article or monograph was
published. The full 4-digit year appears in the index.
The YR field is displayed as part of the Source.
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Abstracts Command Syntax: ..l/ ab=y Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to abstracts Age Groups Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to infant English Language Command Syntax: ..l/1 en=y Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to english Female Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to female JOURNAL SUBSETS Command Syntax: ..l/ sb=a Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to allied health journals Command Syntax: ..l/ sb=b Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to biomedical journals Command Syntax: ../ sb=d Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to canadian journals Command Syntax: ..l/ sb=h Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to consumer health journals Command Syntax: ..l/ sb=c Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to core nursing journals Command Syntax: ..l/ sb=n Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to nursing journals Command Syntax: ..l/ sb=p Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to peer reviewed journals Command Syntax: ..l/ sb=u Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to us journals Command Syntax: ..l/ sb=e Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to uk journals Command Syntax: ..l/ sb=z Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to "australia or new zealand journals" Latest Update Command Syntax: ..l/1 up=y Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to latest update Male Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to male Publication Type Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to case study Publication Year Command Syntax: ..l/1 yr=2002 Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to yr=2002 Review Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to review
Command Syntax: ..c/nursing Sentence Syntax: use nursing
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Accession Number
2002157541.
Special Fields Contained
Fields available in this record: abstract, cited references.
Authors
McCabe BW. Baun MM. Speich D. Agrawal S.
Institution
Associate Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center, College
of Nursing.
Title
Resident dog in the Alzheimer's special care unit.
Source
Western Journal of Nursing Research. 24(6):684-96, 2002 Oct. (27 ref)
Abbreviated Source
WEST J NURS RES. 24(6):684-96, 2002 Oct. (27 ref)
NLM Serial ID Number
7905435
Journal Subset
Core Nursing Journals. Nursing Journals. Peer Reviewed Journals. USA Journals.
Special Interest Category
Gerontologic Care
Cinahl Subject Headings
Aged
Aged, 80 and Over
*Alzheimer's Disease
Analysis of Variance
Behavior Rating Scales
Behavior / ev [Evaluation]
Chi Square Test
Clinical Nursing Research
Descriptive Statistics
*Disruptive Behavior
*Dogs
Female
Male
Medical Records
Midwestern United States
*Pet Therapy
Record Review
Repeated Measures
Skilled Nursing Facilities
Time Factors
Univariate Statistics
Instrumentation
Nursing Home Behavior Problem Scale (NHBPS) (Ray et al).
Abstract
Behavioral disturbances are a common feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Prior studies have demonstrated a significant reduction in agitation
behaviors during short-term exposure to a dog on an Alzheimer's special care
unit (SCU)for persons with AD. The purpose of this study was to determine
the effect over time of a resident dog on problem behaviors of persons with
AD in an SCU. A within-participants repeated-measures design was used for
this study. The Nursing Home Behavior Problem Scale was used to document
behaviors (on days and evenings) I week before and 4 weeks after placement of
the dog. Participants on the day shift exhibited significantly fewer problem
behaviors across the 4 weeks of the study (F[1, 80] = 7.69, p < .05). No
significant change in behaviors occurred on the evening shift. The findings
support the long-term therapeutic effects of dogs for persons residing in
Alheimer's SCUs.
ISSN
0193-9459
Publication Type
Journal Article. Research. Tables/Charts.
Language
English.
Entry Week
20021122
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Fritz CL, Farver TB, Hart LA, Kass PH. Companion animals and the
psychological health of Alzheimer's patients' caregiver. Psychological
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Fritz CL, Farver TB, Kass PH, Hart LA. Association with companion animals and
the expression on noncognitive symptoms in Alzheimer's patients. Journal of
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Greenberg M. Wide interest. The use of companion animals in human therapy.
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Accession Number
2002031839.
Special Fields Contained
Fields available in this record: abstract, cited references.
Authors
Wang B. Cheng J. Han S.
Institution
First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi 030001 China.
Title
Problems existed in scientific research designs of nursing articles and its
countermeasures [Chinese].
Source
Chinese Nursing Research. 15(4):244-6, 2001 Aug. (3 ref)
Abbreviated Source
CHINESE NURS RES. 15(4):244-6, 2001 Aug. (3 ref)
Journal Subset
Asian Journals. Editorial Board Reviewed. Expert Peer Reviewed. Nursing
Journals. Peer Reviewed Journals.
Cinahl Subject Headings
*Nursing Literature
Nursing Staff, Hospital
*Research, Nursing
Staff Development
*Study Design
Abstract
By analyzing 218 articles about nursing science, it showed that altogether
156 articles had some problems in scientific research designs. Among which,
118 articles with problems in researching objects accounted for 54.13%. 104
articles with problems in dividing into groups accounted for 47.71%. 98
articles with some problems in study methods accounted for 44.95%. And 82
articles with problems in both results analysis and applying of statistics
accounted for 37.61%. Suggested that one should strengthen the continuing
education of nursing staff especially to enhance the scientific research
training and to enhance their scientific research ability. This abstract
was translated into English by the publisher or author.
ISSN
1009-6493
Publication Type
Journal Article.
Language
Chinese.
Entry Week
20020308 Revised: 20020830
Cited References
3 non-English references excluded.
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