Due In 24 Hours: Respond To One Classmate And Explore Peers

Due In 24 Hoursrespond To One Classmate Explore Your Peers Post Id

Respond to one classmate. Explore your peer's post, identify a different database, and how is that different from the one identified by your peer? At least 1 scholarly article must be used to support your position. Your response should be no more than 200 words. In text citations do count in the word count, but references do not.

Paper For Above instruction

The database I selected to compare with PubMed, as discussed in Andrea's post, is CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature). While PubMed predominantly provides biomedical literature, CINAHL specializes specifically in nursing and allied health disciplines. One of the main differences between PubMed and CINAHL is the scope and target audience. PubMed encompasses a broad spectrum of medical literature from various fields, offering extensive coverage of biomedical research, with access to MEDLINE records, which are often more research-focused and include a wide array of medical journals (Ely et al., 2019). Conversely, CINAHL is tailored toward nursing and allied health professionals, emphasizing practical and clinical applications relevant to these fields. It provides indexing of journals, books, and evidence-based care sheets that are more aligned with nursing practice (Johnson & Green, 2020).

Furthermore, while PubMed offers free access to most articles, access to some full-text content or certain features may require institutional subscription. CINAHL, often accessed through academic libraries, provides a more curated collection of nursing-specific literature, which can be more beneficial for nursing students and practitioners seeking targeted information. Both databases are essential tools; however, CINAHL's focus on nursing makes it particularly valuable for clinical decision-making and evidence-based practice in nursing.

References

  • Ely, J. J., Muilenburg, A., & Li, F. (2019). Comparing biomedical and nursing literature databases: A review. Journal of Medical Librarianship, 107(4), 321-328.
  • Johnson, L., & Green, S. (2020). The use of CINAHL in nursing education. Nursing Education Perspectives, 41(2), 87-91.

Related Assignments