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Nursing Overview

This guide includes everything TCC nursing students need to complete research assignments.

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As you begin learning to write nursing papers, you may find it difficult to find "good" articles.  Nursing papers are different than anything you have written before.  You are no longer repeating information you found or writing a paper that "says what you want to say."  Now you will be telling the reader about an empirical study/original research [evidence] and how the results of that study impact nursing [practice].

This is where you librarian is your best friend! I can find those sneaky sources for you!  Want to know a secret?  Many nursing instructors just ask the librarian to find articles for them, too!  When you are a working nurse, you'll probably ask a librarian to help you find resources.  There is no shame is not knowing how to find resources!  If everyone could do it on their own, I'd be out of a job!  Let's agree that when I need a shot, I'll come to you, and when you need any kind of research, you'll come to me.  Deal?