Searching Databases (APA 7 format and at least 3-4 references) When you decide to purchase a new car, you first decide what is important to you. If mileage and dependability are the important factors, you will search for data focused more on these factors and less on color options and sound systems. The same holds true when searching for research evidence to guide your clinical inquiry and professional decisions. Developing a formula for an answerable, researchable question that addresses your need will make the search process much more effective. One such formula is the PICO(T) format. In this Discussion, you will transform a clinical inquiry into a searchable question in PICO(T) format, so you can search the electronic databases more effectively and efficiently. You will share this PICO(T) question and examine strategies you might use to increase the rigor and effectiveness of a database search on your PICO(T) question. To Prepare: Review the Resources and identify a clinical issue of interest that can form the basis of a clinical inquiry. Review the materials offering guidance on using databases, performing keyword searches, and developing PICO(T) questions provided in the Resources. Based on the clinical issue of interest and using keywords related to the clinical issue of interest, search at least two different databases in the Walden Library to identify at least four relevant peer-reviewed articles related to your clinical issue of interest. You should not be using systematic reviews for this assignment, select original research articles. Review the Resources for guidance and develop a PICO(T) question of interest to you for further study. It is suggested that an Intervention-type PICOT question be developed as these seem to work best for this course. By Day 3 of Week 4 Post a brief description of your clinical issue of interest. This clinical issue will remain the same for the entire course and will be the basis for the development of your PICOT question. Then, post your PICO(T) question, the search terms used, and the names of at least two databases used for your PICO(T) question. Describe your search results in terms of the number of articles returned on original research and how this changed as you added search terms using your Boolean operators. Finally, explain strategies you might make to increase the rigor and effectiveness of a database search on your PICO(T) question. Be specific and provide examples. By Day 6 of Week 4 Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days and provide further suggestions on how their database search might be improved. Mike RE: Discussion - Week 4/Initial (at least 2-3 references and APA 7 format)      Given the diverse nature of the health care industry, the ubiquitous array of multi faceted axillary services, the sector we service the most sometimes becomes the focus of our interest given the opportunity and longevity in such an institution. For the purpose of .

1. Searching Databases (APA 7 format and at least 3-4 references)
When you decide to purchase a new car, you first decide what is
important to you. If mileage and dependability are the important
factors, you will search for data focused more on these factors
and less on color options and sound systems.
The same holds true when searching for research evidence to
guide your clinical inquiry and professional decisions.
Developing a formula for an answerable, researchable question
that addresses your need will make the search process much
more effective. One such formula is the PICO(T) format.
In this Discussion, you will transform a clinical inquiry into a
searchable question in PICO(T) format, so you can search the
electronic databases more effectively and efficiently. You will
share this PICO(T) question and examine strategies you might
use to increase the rigor and effectiveness of a database search
on your PICO(T) question.
To Prepare:
Review the Resources and identify a clinical issue of interest
that can form the basis of a clinical inquiry.
Review the materials offering guidance on using databases,
performing keyword searches, and developing PICO(T)
questions provided in the Resources.
Based on the clinical issue of interest and using keywords
related to the clinical issue of interest, search at least two
different databases in the Walden Library to identify at least
four relevant peer-reviewed articles related to your clinical
issue of interest. You should not be using systematic reviews

2. for this assignment, select original research articles.
Review the Resources for guidance and develop a PICO(T)
question of interest to you for further study. It is suggested that
an Intervention-type PICOT question be developed as these
seem to work best for this course.
By Day 3 of Week 4
Post a brief description of your clinical issue of interest. This
clinical issue will remain the same for the entire course and will
be the basis for the development of your PICOT question. Then,
post your PICO(T) question, the search terms used, and the
names of at least two databases used for your PICO(T) question.
Describe your search results in terms of the number of articles
returned on original research and how this changed as you
added search terms using your Boolean operators. Finally,
explain strategies you might make to increase the rigor and
effectiveness of a database search on your PICO(T) question. Be
specific and provide examples.
By Day 6 of Week 4
Respond
to at least
two
of your colleagues
on two different days
and provide further suggestions on how their database search
might be improved.
Mike RE: Discussion - Week 4/Initial (at least 2-3 references
and APA 7 format)
Given the diverse nature of the health care industry, the

3. ubiquitous array of multi faceted axillary services, the sector we
service the most sometimes becomes the focus of our interest
given the opportunity and longevity in such an institution. For
the purpose of this discussion post I will be posing a question
on post operative pain management since this sector happens to
be a critical pivotal point in patient recovery following either
inpatient or outpatient surgical interventions. Using the PICOT
question format; Does the management of pain using
pharmacological and non pharmacological interventions on a
post operative surgical adult patient improve pain control in
four days post surgery? Following from the PICOT
abbreviation, the P represents the population which refers to our
surgical patients, I represents the intervention; pain
management, C represents comparison; the comparison of
pharmacological and alternate pain management strategies, O
represents the outcome which is pain management while T
speaks to our time frame for achieving this goal which is four
days post surgery. According to Melnyk, (2018, p34) “the desire
to gather the right information in the right way at the right time
is not sufficient. Mastering practical, lifelong learning skills
(e.g., asking focused questions, learning to systematically
search) is required to negotiate the information rich
environment that clinicians encounter.”
For the purpose of this post, the search engines I utilized
were ProQuest and CINAHL Plus database. My key word search
was pain management, which returned 20,494 results and 21,460
respectively. After the utilization of limiters for full text, peer
review, date range of 2016 to 2020 the streamlined search result
was 13,601 and 15,787 respectfully. The inclusion of Boolean
search parameter for surgical patients further helped narrow
down the search as follows; 3,070 and 5,179 respectfully, my
inclusion of a final modifier for the most recent year of
publication “2020” further help streamline my search results as
follows ProQuest 232, while CINAHL Plus with full text
returned 203 searches. “When searching for complex topics,

4. you'll want to use multiple search terms and Boolean operators,
both in the search boxes and between the search boxes, to get
the best results.” (Retrieved September 6th, 2019)
With the desire to increase the rigor and effectiveness on my
data base search results, some of the strategies I will employ
will be the refining of my search limiters which will help
streamline my research to the most current year, using year of
publication limiters, I will also include key words from my
PICOT question like surgical, post surgical, pharmacological
and or non pharmacological to help narrow in on the much
desired research article that mirrors my PICOT question.
“Keyword searching is the process of choosing search terms and
entering them into the database search boxes to locate
information on your topic.” (Retrieved September 19th, 2018)
References
Melnyk, B. M., & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2018). Evidence-based
practice in nursing & healthcare: A guide to best practice (4th
ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
Walden University Library. (n.d.-c). Evidence-based practice
research: CINAHL search help. Retrieved September 6, 2019,
from
https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/healthevidence/cina
hlsearchhelp
Walden University Library. (n.d.-g). Keyword searching:
Finding articles on your topic: Introduction to keyword
searching. Retrieved September 19, 2018, from
http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/keyword/searching-
basics
Lau RE: Discussion - Week 4

5. I work on an IMCU, and it is hectic. Patient care is often
interrupted for transferring improved patients to lower levels of
care units to make room for admissions. About 1/3 of the unit
will be newly admitted on my shift. The admission process
includes asking patients about suicide and depression. I don’t
feel awkward asking patients directly about the subject, but I
see that patients are surprised that I ask even when I tell them
in advance that I will be doing so. I have queried the
significance of asking about suicidal ideation when patients are
being admitted for a physical illness unrelated to psychiatric
disorders.
P- patients admitted for physical illness unrelated to
psychiatric disorders
I- hospital staff asking about suicidal ideation on admission to
acute care settings
C- not asking about suicidal ideation on admission to acute
care settings
O- value; decrease in the number of suicide attempts, an
increase in patients seeking assistance in mental health care
T- one year
PICO question: Is there value in asking patients admitted to an
acute care setting for physical illness unrelated to psychiatric
disorder, about suicidal ideation, compared to not asking over
one year.
Search phrases could include ask suicide, medical
admission, suicide screening, and asq suicide. I used Sage
journals and queried “ask suicide” and received 39,212
results (Sage Journals, 2020). Using the same search terms on

6. Taylor & Francis Online there were 75,136 results (Taylor &
Francis Online, 2020). Using Boolean operators changed the
results returned. Using “and” narrowed my search and “or”
broadened my results. Adding more search terms linked together
further narrowed the results by approximately 75% by using
“and.” Both databases have the ability for the user to narrow
searches by searching for terms in specific article type, journal
type as well as the publication date.
Strategies to increase the rigor and effectiveness of a
database search might include using more than one
database (UTHealth, 2019). One study on search strategies
found a higher number of systematic reviews were obtained
using a 2 PICO element search rather than a 4 element search.
Additionally, it was found that it was essential to combine at
least three databases together to achieve a 90% retrieval of
relevant literature (Ho, Liew, Ng, Shunmugam, & Glasziou,
2016). This could provide me with the opportunity to find more
significant studies to review. Another strategy would be to
combine search terms and phrases with Boolean operators to
refine my search. UTHealth libguides also points out that all
databases are not created the same (UTHealth, 2019). They each
have different rules and quirks. I must familiarize myself with
the tool I choose to use, or it will not be effective.
References
Ho, G. J., Liew, S. M., Ng, C. J., Shunmugam, R. H., &
Glasziou, P. (2016, 12). Development of a Search Strategy for
an Evidence Based Retrieval Service.
PLoS One, 11
(2), e0167170. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0167170
Sage Journals. (2020).
Search Results
. Retrieved 12 22, 2020, from Sage Journals: https://journals-

7. sagepub-
com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/action/doSearch?AllField=Ask+Sui
cide
Taylor & Francis Online. (2020).
Your search for All: ask suicide
. Retrieved 12 22, 2020, from Taylor & Francis Online:
https://www-tandfonline-
com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/action/doSearch?AllField=ask+suic
ide
UTHealth. (2019).
Best Practices for Developing Search Strategies: Home
. Retrieved 12 22, 2020, from UTHealth:
https://libguides.sph.uth.tmc.edu/c.php?g=543359