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Nursing: NUR204: Patient Education

Your guide to finding Nursing information from the Wilkens Library

Finding Nursing Journal Patient Education Articles in CINAHL

CINAHL's Evidence-Based Care Sheets and Quick Lessons present concise overviews of clinical issues including opportunities to encourage, communicate and teach.

Quick Lesson example: Pneumonia in Older Adults

Evidence-Based Care Sheet example: Deep Venous Thrombosis: Prevention

When searching for articles:

  • combine your topic with the topic Patient Education
  • Limit your retrieval to Publication Type Patient Education

Click here to view a brief video on how to search for recent nursing journal articles in CINAHL

Care Notes are patient information sheets covering a variety of disorders and conditions.  Strong in education of the pre- and post-surgical patient.  Log-on to Micromedex using the user name and password on your handout.

Patient Education Websites

Consumer Health Websites

Don't forget these consumer health information standbys-they have a wealth of patient handouts, images, and tutorials.

Education Databases

Looking for articles about teaching to specific kind of learners (adult learners, people with learning disabilities, learning styles, etc.), or best practices in education?  Education databases can help you out:

NUR204 Course Reserves