The community health nurse has to evaluate nursing research articles on community health nursing and diabetes for credibility and reliability. Which is one of the best databases to search for these articles?
A) CINAHL
B) DIRLINE
C) ERIC
D) Google
Ans: A
The most recent nursing and health care literature published is indexed in CINAHL, which is a valid and reliable source of information for community health nurses planning programming for aggregates in their community practice. The National Library of Medicine offers a database called DIRLINE that provides access to organizations focusing on health. Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is an electronic database with many publications relating to teaching and education. The Google search engine gives a variety of sites, including those related to health and those not, with no restrictions on accuracy with the database.
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