NURS 224 Evidence-Informed Practice - Example Search

Evidence-Informed Practice - Search Template

Health Information from Social Media

• Social media posting - Why Don't The Amish Get Cancer?
• Academic article on which the social media posting is supposedly based - Low cancer incidence rates in Ohio Amish

Consumer Health - Grey Literature

• WebMD - A commercial website
• MedlinePlus - Produced by the National Institute of Health and National Library of Medicine in the U.S.

This page contains links to an Example Search for your EIP research assignment. Use it to help you set up an effective search that meets the requirements of the class.

Use the Search Template to organize your search terms and to ensure that you don't omit any essential elements in the assignment.