Study Skills For Nursing and Midwifery Students (very useful for other students too)
Nutrition Science and Everyday Application
Safety, Health, and Nutrition in Early Childhood Education
Nutrition, health and disease: A lifespan approach
Concepts of Fitness and Wellness
Essentials of Exercise and Sport Psychology
The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical and Cancer Nursing Procedures Online 10th Edition
The Context of Nursing - Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical and Cancer Nursing Procedures
Introduction to Research and Medical Literature for Health Professionals
Fast facts for evidence-based practice in nursing (very useful for other students too)
Writing for Publication in Nursing (very useful for other students too)
How to be a Great Nurse - the Heart of Nursing
The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical and Cancer Nursing Procedures Online 10th Edition
The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures 9th Edition
The Art and Science of Mental Health Nursing
De-Escalating Violence in Healthcare
Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Report
Portable RN: The All-in-One Nursing Reference Ebook
General Psychology: An Introduction
Psychology: The Science of Human Potential
Some Nursing, Midwifery & Health Ebooks
Some Early Childhood Studies Ebooks
Kanopy - over 2000 films and documentaries in Nursing, Midwifery, ECS, HPA and Nutrition
Lippincott NursingCenter - Top 10 Free Recommended Nursing Articles This Fortnight
Lippincott NursingCenter - Free Featured Journal This Month
Dementia Post Diagnostic Support
NHS Nursing and Midwifery Current Awareness
Science Direct Articles Collection
ProQuest Health Research Premium Articles Collection
CINAHL Ultimate & Academic Search (EBSCOhost Web) Articles Collection
Click here to find publications from Irish government departments/agencies
Example Irish Government Publication - Early Learning & Care
Example Irish Health Publication - Nursing and Midwifery Code of Professional Conduct
Example Lenus Irish Health Research Repository Open Access Publication
Example UK NHS Publication - The Mental Health Nurses Handbook
If any of this guides links don't open for you try right tapping/ right mouse clicking the link and opening it in Private/ Incognito mode and it should open ok then!
1. Search Catalogue - Print books
Mind Map on Mature Students -
"Reflective Practice" Mind Map -
Example Mind Map - "History of Antibiotics"
Qualitative Research Methodology Article Search Example
Quantitative Research Methodology Article Search Example
Mind Map on Essay Parts -
Information Searching and Selecting Overview
Paragraphs and Essays
From Background Information to Supporting Evidence/ Examples
Research Articles
Qualitative Research Methodology Article Search Example
Quantitative Research Methodology Article Search Example
Example Nursing Creating a culture that values diversity and inclusion in Nursing Education Article
Example Informed consent prior to nursing care: Nurses’ use of information Article
Example Health and Nutrition for Preschool Children Article
Example Children and Parents Research Study Article
Your specific research question in a one line question sentence?
Examples
"How can doctors improve the presentation of statistical information so that patients can make well informed decisions?"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC200816/
"What should dental services for people with disabilities in Ireland be like?"
https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=d855f61c-7037-3f59-9b6e-e35ffdcc852f
"How can doctors improve patient education as it relates to sinus disease?"
"How can Doctors Improve their Communication Skills?"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4413084/
"What are the Values for Nurses and Midwives in Ireland?"
https://www.nmbi.ie/NMBI/media/NMBI/Position-Paper-Values-for-Nurses-and-Midwives-June-2016.pdf
"What are healthcare providers' understandings and experiences of compassion?"
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/8/3/e019701.full.pdf
"What do Nurses Understand Compassion to be?"
"Learning about compassion during midwifery education: what are some student midwives' perspectives?"
https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=61f7528b-d0bc-34f6-9afc-d47b74fd69a3
"What are some Midwives’ perceptions and experiences of caring for women who experience perinatal mental health problems?"
Need To Research Something? Make Sure To Pick A Narrow Topic -
Example: How does the lack of clean water in Sub-Saharan Africa impact individuals in these countries?
(Source: USU Libraries)
Critical thinking:
Critical thinking is reasonable, reflective thinking that is aimed at deciding what to believe or what to do.
(Source: A Practical Guide to Critical Thinking: Deciding What to Do and Believe, David Hunter 2014)
So maybe one of your future research questions could be critically thinking about deciding what to believe and deciding what to do about improving ______??? as it relates to _____???
"To be educated is not to arrive at a destination; it is to travel with a different view." (Peters 1973).
Reading:
Academic Writing:
Reviewing Literature -
"Academic Writing" Mind Map -
