6001 Week 4 Discussion
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The idea of becoming a scholarly writer intimidated me before apply to start my graduate
studies. I remember I would only need to worry about writing a term paper towards the end of my class in my undergraduate. I used to just utilize Google Scholar before when I would be searching for an article for my area of focus. Google Scholar is a reliable resource. However, you
can run into a lot of articles that require payment for subscription to the specific journal. Searching through my academic resources, I read through the resources available in the library as
well as how to choose a good database. Walden University has an enormous amount of research materials online, all of which are separated by your area of focus (Walden University, 2018a). Walden University (2018b), suggests first starting with databases related to my area of focus. The databases are listed in order of largest to smallest. After looking through the different databases, I chose the CINAHL Plus w/ Full Text. I like the fact that I could filter out exactly what I wanted, which was full text, peer-reviewed articles in the United States, so I knew I would
get the full article and not just the abstract. At first look, the database page can be quite confusing when you're trying to look through the filters, but after some familiarity, I would recommend this for a nursing focus. I then chose the article entitled The Impact of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) on ICU Outcomes in Patients with Sepsis. The purpose of the article was to address the outcomes of septic patients in the ICU with end-stage and acute renal disease compared to those septic patients with normal kidney function (Niranjan, Ahuja, Yau, Out, Stein, & Balk, 2017). This is a peer-reviewed article that identified 39 patients with ESRD, 106 patients of AKI and 103 patients of non-renal disease over 12 months. This article is unique because, before this study being published, no other studies researched the clinical outcomes of septic patients with ESRD (Niranjan, Ahuja, Yau, Out, Stein,
& Balk, 2017). The information in the article is highly educational and very easy to understand. It is also relevant to my area of work and would benefit my colleagues. The conclusion in the study reported that septic patients with AKI have greater mortality and multi organs failure rates in the ICU than ESRD and nonrenal disease. The outcomes of ESRD and non-renal disease septic patients were about the same. The strengths of the article are that it reports a strong theory of the cause not completely being from impaired kidney functions, but the clinical circumstance. The weakness of the article would be that it was only conduction at one hospital. Resources
Jeganathan, N., Ahuja, N., Yau, S., Otu, D., Stein, B., & Balk, R. (2017). Impact of end-stage renal disease and acute kidney injury on ICU outcomes in patients with sepsis. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, (32)7, 444-450. DOI: 10.1177/0885066616645308 Walden University. (2018a). Academic guides: Foundations - library resources: Introduction to the Walden University Library. Retrieved from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/foundationscoursedocs/IdentifyingEvaluating
Walden University. (2018b). Academic guides: Foundations - library resources: Searching & Retrieving Materials in the Databases. Retrieved from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/foundationscoursedocs/SearchingRetrieving#s-lg-
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