Finding Articles on Unlicensed Workers Dispensing Medication

In CINAHL

Available at the RTC Library Database Page: http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm

Try this combination:  "health personnel, unlicensed" and "medications.

In ProQuest and EbscoHost

Available at the RTC Library Database Page: http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm

 Try these combinations of terms:

•  Medication errors  & training

•  Medication errors & unlicensed

•  Training & drug error

•  Medication error & died

•  Medication &  training

(Not every set of terms works in both databases.)

Search Example:

The default setting in ProQuest and EbscoHost is for "full text", which means that you will find the article, not just an abstract.

In PubMed

Available at the PubMed website (courtesy of the National Library of Medicine and NIH) at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez

Try these combination of terms:

• Medication errors & unlicensed

• Medication errors  & training

• Medication & staff training

• Medication error & died

Search Example:

Some articles in PubMed are available online.  The icon to the left of the title tells you if the article is available online.

This icon means that the full text of the article is available online. Click on the icon to see the article.

  This icon means that only an abstract of the item is available online.  To get the full text of the article, check in ProQuest or EbscoHost, or ask at the RTC Library desk about Interlibrary Loan. Allow at least two weeks to receive Interlibrary Loans.

Last updated: 10/14/08