RPN to BScN

To find in-depth research on how nursing theory applies to research and practice, search the CINAHL database for scholarly journal articles.   

Here are some tips!

• Conduct a subject or keyword search to obtain Nursing Theory or Nursing Models for a general subject search and overview on the topic.   
• Conduct an author search to obtain articles written by a specific nursing theorist using the subject, keyword or author fields. 
• Conduct a subject or keyword search on the exact theory you are researching (Neuman Systems Model).

Sample subject terms that might be of use when searching: 

• Education, Nursing, Theory-Based
• Name of Specific theory (e.g. Orem Self-Care Model)
• Nurse Theorists
• Nursing Models, Theoretical
• Nursing Theory
• Nursing Practice, Theory-Based
• Philosophy, Nursing
• Theory Construction