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CINAHL Practice

Click into the CINAHL with Full Text database, and let's perform some searches.

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CINAHL Practice

Using the top search box, type in a search for patient falls and click Search.

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How many results did you get?

0-8,134 8,135-11,797 11,798-18,716 18,717 or more

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Refine your search by adding the term staffing in a second search box.

Let's narrow our search by finding articles that include information about both patient falls and staffing. Which Boolean operator would we use for this search?

AND OR NOT

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Next, refine your search by adding the term hospital in a third search box.

Let's narrow our search by finding articles that excludes information about hospitals. Which Boolean operator would we use for this search?

AND OR NOT

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Use the Advanced Search to include resources published in 2012 or later with a geographic subset of USA.

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Use the Refine Results to include resources with References Available.

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Find the article Regulating Patient Staffing: A Complex Issue and open the PDF Full Text file.

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Now, pull a citation for this article in APA and paste it in the box below.

Your APA Citation:

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