Morris, R., & O’Riordan, S. (2017). Prevention of falls in hospital. Clinical Medicine, 17(4), 360.
The article “preventing falls in hospitals” was retrieved from the PubMed database through the Walden Library. The topic I decided to venture into for this discussion board was relevant to the ongoing struggles of nurses. With the rise of Covid 19, it has become apparent that nurses have increased their movements, as they want to attend to all the patients. Cleaning processes have increased, which makes it easy to have fallen. I have always been interested in improving the well-being of fellow nurses in medical facilities, and the article’s topic gave me an idea of how to start doing it. The database I started using was the Walden University Library, using similar tools for research in my career; this is not the most helpful method to acquire peer-reviewed articles and journals; hence there is a likelihood of facing difficulties. Although the Walden University Library interface is not complicated, I struggled to find the article that comprehensively addressed my intended topic. However, the difficulties resulted from concentrating on one database in the Walden Library and failing to refine my search. As a result, I repeated the search using keywords such as injuries, falls, intervention, and hospitals. The search keywords represent how to prevent falls in medical facilities, and they are not too narrow or broad.
Using online libraries can be difficult. Even though it may seem straightforward, sometimes it is not easy finding an article with the simplest topic. If the database has advanced search options, it is possible to narrow down the topic required. Finding such a specific source is difficult, but the Walden University Database has such options to aid in the feasibility of the research. Another obstacle I faced was determining the credibility of a source. Fortunately, one of our weekly tools explains how to assess the reliability of each entry we come across quickly. According to Walden University’s Academic Guides, a scholarly publication is “authored by academics for academics” (Walden University Library, n.d.-b). Scholarly publications are produced for other professionals by specialists (rather than publicists or staff writers) in a given topic. These articles serve only one objective: to increase the researcher’s expertise. When deciding which source to use, this was an important factor to consider. Lastly, the use of related terms to previous research resulted in the production and showing of inconsistent researches.
This database would be very useful to my colleagues as it would help them get more knowledge in diverse nursing areas due to the wide range of records and journals included in this database. The Walden Library database contains more than 900 journals and 200,000 records. The database would be extremely valuable to my colleagues because they will be able to compare different types of articles and determine the various modifications that have taken place in the field of nursing. The database provides journals and articles that date back to 1937, and it has since expanded its content. Though there are difficulties in finding specific topics, there are guidelines to help narrow your research, as provided by Walden University. I believe the advantages outweigh the disadvantages and that the issues and difficulties faced with online library databases are less than the outcome of the research.
Walden University Library, (n.d.). Evaluating resources: Journals. Retrieved October 27th, 2021 from http://academicguides.walden.edu/library/evaluating/resource-types/journals.
Walden University Library. (n.d.). Databases A-Z: Nursing. Retrieved October 4, 2019, from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/az.php?s=19981.
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