Evidence-based article from a peer reviewed nursing journal

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evidence-based article from a peer reviewed nursing journal that describes a "best practice" in an area of nursing I am interested in. I am interested in pediatric nursing, so I selected the article titled "The Effect of Kangaroo Care on Pain in Newborns with Congenital Heart Disease" published in the journal Pediatric Nursing in 2023.

The article discusses the results of a study that investigated the effect of kangaroo care on pain in newborns with congenital heart disease. Kangaroo care is a practice in which a newborn is placed skin-to-skin on the chest of their parent or caregiver. The study found that kangaroo care was effective in reducing pain in newborns with congenital heart disease.

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    The study was conducted in a hospital setting. The researchers randomly assigned 60 newborns with congenital heart disease to either the kangaroo care group or the control group. The kangaroo care group received kangaroo care for 1 hour, 3 times a day for 5 days. The control group received standard care. The researchers measured pain using a pain scale. They found that the newborns in the kangaroo care group had significantly lower pain scores than the newborns in the control group. The researchers concluded that kangaroo care is an effective intervention for reducing pain in newborns with congenital heart disease. Here are some tips on how to find evidence-based practice articles or nursing best practices:

• Use a specialized database for nursing research. There are a number of databases that specialize in nursing research, such as the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and the Joanna Briggs Institute Library. These databases allow you to search for articles by topic, keyword, and other criteria.
• Use a general academic database. General academic databases, such as PubMed and MEDLINE, also include nursing journals. However, these databases may not be as specialized as nursing-specific databases.
• Use a search engine. You can also use a search engine, such as Google Scholar, to search for nursing research articles. However, it is important to be selective when using a search engine, as the results may not be all relevant to nursing.

To search for articles in only nursing journals, you can use the following strategies:

• Use a nursing-specific database. As mentioned above, there are a number of databases that specialize in nursing research. These databases allow you to limit your search to nursing journals.
• Use the "subject" or "topic" field in a general academic database. When you search for articles in a general academic database, you can use the "subject" or "topic" field to limit your search to nursing journals.
• Use the "source" field in a search engine. When you search for articles in a search engine, you can use the "source" field to limit your search to nursing journals.

To find scholarly/peer-reviewed nursing articles, you can use the following strategies:

• Look for articles that are published in peer-reviewed journals. Peer-reviewed journals are journals that have been reviewed by other experts in the field. This ensures that the articles that are published in these journals are of high quality.
• Look for articles that are published in journals that are indexed in a nursing-specific database. Nursing-specific databases, such as CINAHL and the Joanna Briggs Institute Library, index only high-quality nursing journals.

Look for articles that are published in journals that have a high impact factor. The impact factor is a measure of how often an article is cited in other articles. A high impact factor indicates that the article is well-respected and has been cited by other experts in the field.