NURS 3222: 2013 Example

"Prevention is better than cure". Out of a country's health budget, a large proportion should be diverted from treatment to spending on health education and preventative measures. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Key Words: prevention vs. treatment, spending, financing, budgeting, preventative medicine, health, health education, educating patience, prevention, preventing

1. Right Click on the Tab called Databases and Journals.

2. Start OneSearch by clicking Advanced Search. (Login w/ HCU Portal info.)

3. Limit to Scholarly/Peer Reviewed Journals. (You can also limit to Full-Text.)

4. Limit to 2008- 2013.

Remember the truncation symbol is the asterisk or *.

Searching adolesc* will retrieve adolescent, adolescents, adolescence etc. 

5. Right Click the Simple Search Tab for your example.

6. Search.

7. Limit by Geography.

8. Limit to Subjects Healthcare Reform and Medical Care Cost

(either may appear because each subject picked has an OR between them.)

Check the words/subjects in this citation and run another search.

Example citation:

Real Healthcare Reform: Focus on Primary Care Access. Full Text AvailableBy: Stephens, James H.; Ledlow, Gerald R. Hospital Topics. Oct-Dec2010, Vol. 88 Issue 4, p98-106. 9p. 3 Charts. DOI: 10.1080/00185868.2010.528259.

Subjects: 

CHRONIC diseases -- Treatment; HEALTH insurance; HEALTH care reform; MEDICAL care costs; HEALTH services accessibility; HOSPITALS -- Emergency services; LABOR productivity; MEDICAL care -- Utilization; MEDICALLY uninsured persons; PREVENTIVE health services; PRIMARY health care; UNITED States; ECONOMIC aspects.

Note: You may change the number of databases searched by clicking Content Provider on the bottom LEFT. Pick Medline and CINAHL. See how that changes the articles retrieved. You will have to redo your subject limits. Different databases us different subject headings.  You may have more or less choices with this change.