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CINAHL Complete

A guide to searching the CINAHL Complete database.

CINAHL Quick Lessons

 

CINAHL has a feature called Quick Lessons. Quick Lessons are 2-page fact sheets that provide general background information on almost 200 topics.

Each Quick Lesson includes information on the topic's description/etiology, facts and statistics, risk factors, symptoms and clinical presentation, assessment, treatment goals, and more, as well as a list of references that provide further information.

While the Quick Lessons are written, edited, and reviewed by RNs, they are published by CINAHL Information Systems, so they are not considered journal articles. Use these for background information and helpful references.

 

You can find the link to Quick Lessons under the More menu at the top of the CINAHL search screen:

 

 

Then you'll see a screen where you can either browse for a topic alphabetically, or search for a topic using the search box:

 


 

You can view the Quick Lessons by checking one or more topic checkboxes, and then clicking Search at the top of the list:

 


 

Once you hit Search, you'll see a page with all the Quick Lessons you selected. Click on the PDF Full Text link to open one:

 


 

At the end of each Quick Lesson, you'll find the list of sources used to write the Quick Lesson under the References heading. You could look up the articles in the References list in order to find more information on the Quick Lesson topic. For help, contact a librarian

 

 

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