2. I was excitedtosee myself usingthe snippingtoolsonmylaptopeffectiveafterthe lastinclass
meeting.SoIdecidedtoundoall I didinthe hope of doingitlatersince I am sure of the topicthat I
wantedtowork on.Unfortunatelyforme by the time Iam readyto do the work,I cannot comprehend
whatwas goingon withme.Everythingbecame astruggle andIdidnot know what exactlyIwasdoing
wrong.The librarysite didnot respondtothe search frommy laptop.Fortwodays, I wasstrugglingand
battlingwiththe laptopall tono avail.Ibecame so frustratedandthendecide totry anothercomputer
and thisworks.
The topic I chose iselectronicmedical records. The initial mainsearchthroughCinahl gave me a
total of 1,137 outcomesfromthe mostrecent2015 as far back as 1993. Thisenablesme tohave
updatedandlatestinformationonthe topic.The firstpage of the search showstenacademicjournalsin
whichfourcame infull textwhile the remainingsix didnothave full text.Allthe journalsonfirstpage
are peersreviewed.Three outof thisjournal indicate citedreferences.WhenIopenedone of the
journalsthathave full text,the firstpage showsthe nutshell of the journal.Itindicatesthe background,
objectives,methods,results,andconclusionsof the journal.Also,the authors,contactinformation,and
howto cite the article isclearlystated.The journalsthatdidnotcome in full texthada linkinwhichone
can requestedforitthroughinterlibraryloan.One canalsocall the librarianorsendemail incase one
needshelpinobtainingthe journal.
To performadditional searchtolimitthe topicisanotherheadache forme butI kepton
exploringdifferentoptions.Atlast,Ihave to clickon the optionspublicationsonthe toplefthandcorner
before Ican be successful inputtinginthe topic.Iputin “electronicmedical recordsandimplications”
and thisreducedthe resulttototal of 52 journals.Afterthis,Iwantedtobe more specificaboutthe
search,and thenI entered“electronicmedical recordsandimplicationsonhealthcare system”.Tomy
surprise,the resultoutweighedthe firstinitial searchwithatotal of 20,597 journalsthatcame up.
3. Above all,one thingthatiscommonto all the resultsisthatthe journalsare easilyaccessible
and well organizedfromthe mostresentwhichis2015 and backward. Withthisexperience,Iknow
exactlywhatto doand howto search forthe rightarticlesorjournalswhenIam readyto write my
brochure.Notonlythis,I have an ideal of the information’sthatIwill putinthe brochure.
References
Dale,R.,Louiseann,R.T., & Jane,K.(2015, January 09). Patient experience withelectronic medical
records:Lessionslearned.Journal of the AmericanAssociationof Nurse Practioners,26(12),674-
680. Retrivedfrom http://dx.doi.org/http://bluehawk.monmouth.edu:2081/10.1002/2327-
6924.12170
O’Mahony,D.,Graham, W., Parimalarani,Y.,& Frederick,G.(2014, May 23). Knowledge and attitudes
of nursesincommunityhealthcentersaboutelectronicmedical records.Curationiis2014,37
(1),1-6. http://dx.doi.org/http://bluehawk.monmouth.edu:2081/10.4102/curaionis.v37i1.1150
4.
5. Healthit.gov and healthaffairs.org
The two websites that I explore are healthit.gov and healthaffairs.org. Healthit.gov is a
website operated by healthcare providers and professionals who has authority over healthcare
issues that they discussed in the website. The author’s identities are disclosed with their
qualifications, credentials and experience on the subject matter. The web site has contact
information. The authors can be contacted through mailing, phone, fax, and email which were
provided on the web site. The website has a domain which is .gov. The website is consumers
friendly. It provides information for everyone in a simple language. The website has a
partnership with other organization. The last time that the site upgraded is August 29, 2014.
Healthaffairs.org/content website focuses on health care issues and policy. The site
domain is .org. The website is been sponsored by different organizations. The site has peers
reviewed articles or journal available in full text. The information’s available on this site are
reliable. Information is provided about other articles that uses the articles or journals in this
web site. The site was updated this year (2015). This site is free for everyone. There is no fee to
access their information. This website will be the most useful site for my brochure. It provides
varieties of peer reviewed journals or articles on my topic and other topics. Apart from the
school library web site, this web site is good for academics purpose unlike other web site that I
explore.