Where do I find this impossible request for research articles?

[immusicman]

Ok, I have a case study due in a few days and I have completed most of it, but I am required to use three research articles in my plan of care..sounds easy right? Well these articles must be less than five years old, and I must use ONE nursing intervention from each research article on a nursing care plan, but the catch is..it must be a new nursing intervention not found in any of our text books. Not only this, but it must be an actual research article done by a nurse or nurses and the research must be on CRF, ESRD or something to do with kidney failure. I have found many research articles but most do not contain interventions...it HAS TO BE reasearch and cannot be anything else. I have spend 4 hours just looking for articles and found one I can actually "create" an intervention for. I'm reaching on this one, but I really need someone to help me out here..point me to a few more research articles where I can get a new intervention for just one care plan for risk for fluid volume excess or even activity intolerance. Heck I will build a care plan around any new intervention you can find from a research article. I think this is the dumbest thing I have been asked to do since I have been in college. I graduate in May and how I cannot wait! Any help appreciated.

John

[OTAS]

Don't forget to search any and all terms related to ESRD or CRD. I would especially suggest "dialysis," as this is a common treatment for many renal patients and is an area with lots of nursing involvement.

Also, I had to do a similar project last year, and found it very helpful to go my local university (University of British Columbia, in my case) and use their article database. I found it much more extensive than my own school's (BCIT), and I had no trouble meeting my article quota. The database was not available to non-UBC students from off-campus, but there was a regional branch of the UBC library in a hospital close to my house.

Good luck!

[BabyCatchr, ADN, ASN, RN]

I've always had to go to the medical library to use the actual journals. They don't publish them online. Use Google to search for the name of the article, the Journal, & the date & volume. Then find them at the library. You can buy a copy card & make copies of the articles so you can write on them (in pencil so you can erase!).