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Listed below are examples of search expressions to show a variety of ways to search. Click a link below to go to the search results. Remember to set limits (date, peer-reviewed, etc.), as needed or required for your assignment.

Sample Searches:

• ( medication or pharmaceutical care ) AND ( adverse effect or problem ) AND ( nursing and (care or management or solution) ) [MEDLINE]
• "medication errors" AND nurs* AND ( analysis or problem ) AND solution [MEDLINE]
• medication AND ( (side or adverse) and effect* ) AND "nursing management" [Health Source: Nursing/Academic]
• ( nurs* and (management or intervention) ) AND SU medication AND SU patient safety AND ( problem or issue or controversy ) [SU=subject; Health Source: Nursing/Academic]

If a search using the default field does not provide enough results, try searching some of the words in the text field. Also, consider searching multiple databases.

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  ( (pharmaceutical or medication) and care ) AND ( nurs* and responsibilit* ) AND TX administration AND TX side effects AND TX patient education 
   

MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) and CINAHL Headings offer a unique platform to narrow down and get subsets for selected nursing and medical topics.

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See:

Using CINAHL/MeSH Headings

How Do I search MeSH in MEDLINE?

Advanced Medical Searching on MEDLINE