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Clinical Nurse Specialist Virtual Bookshelf Guide

Recommended Databases

The following databases are the top recommended resources for clinical nurse specialists practice and research. They can also be accessed directly from the Library's homepage.

Database search strategies

PubMed

("Nurse Clinicians"[Mesh] OR Nurse Clinician OR Clinical Nurse Specialists OR Clinical Nurse Specialist)

CINAHL

((MH "Clinical Nurse Specialists") OR "clinical nurse specialist" OR "clinical nurse specialists" OR clinical nurse specialist OR "CNS")

Embase

'clinical nurse specialist'/exp OR 'clinical nurse specialist' OR 'clinical nurse specialists'

 

Using these search strategies you can add them to topical searches.  For example in PubMed:

  ("Nurse Clinicians"[Mesh] OR Nurse Clinician OR Clinical Nurse Specialists OR Clinical Nurse Specialist) AND ("Critical Care"[Mesh] OR intensive care OR ICU OR intensive care unit)

 

 

You can copy and paste these search strategies into the databases listed and find articles about clinical nurse specialists.  If you decide to use this search in part or fully as part of a poster, presentation or publication, please credit Kerry Dhakal, Health Sciences Library, The Ohio State University, 2023.

Database Tutorials