The nurse researcher found a reference to an article that was indexed in Index Medicus. What does the researcher discern about this article?
1. It will now be indexed in MEDLINE.
2. It is a physician authored article.
3. This article was written after 2004.
4. The researcher will have to go to the library to access the article.
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Rationale 1: Index Medicus was a print index that has been converted to MEDLINE.
Rationale 2: Index Medicus consisted of articles for medicine, nursing, and allied health, written by various health care disciplines.
Rationale 3: Index Medicus was converted to MEDLINE in 2004.
Rationale 4: The article will be indexed in MEDLINE, which is available online.
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