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Selected Bellack Library Workshops now available as D2L courses. Short videos, small quizzes throughout. Work through content at your own pace. Self-enroll for asynchronous librarian guidance.
APA 7 Workshop -- Learn basics of 7th edition APA format, including parenthetical (in-text) citations, and reference lists.
Zotero Workshop -- Learn how to use Zotero citation management software. Free to download. Format citations and reference lists in two clicks. Attach screenshots, PDFs, notes, and interrelationships to your sources.
Mastering Keyword Searching Workshop -- Level up your database searching skills with this workshop. Learn how to methodically search for evidence to support a clinical decision or research paper.
Covidence Workshop -- Learn how to use Covidence, software that expedites your review from screening through data extraction. Recommended for those working on systematic or scoping reviews.
Academic Integrity Workshop -- Take this workshop if you are interested in learning more about academic writing, plagiarism, and how to avoid plagiarism.
Health Literacy Workshop -- Learn about the factors that impact health literacy, how low health literacy impacts health outcomes, and how you can learn to avoid exacerbating the problem by becoming a culturally effective health practitioner.
Evaluating Quantitative Research Workshop -- Learn how to scrutinize the studies you read in the journal literature to look for strengths and weaknesses in the methods, results, and discussion while also judging the trustworthiness of the authors presenting them.
Also, see instructions on how to re-enroll to the library workshops here: Library Workshop Re-enrollment Instructions
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Check out these e-book titles geared towards the learning and practicing DNP. Click the link in the title to get to the full text. Some of these are assigned as course texts.
Philosophies and Theories for Advanced Nursing Practice by 
The Doctor of Nursing Practice Project: a Framework for Success by 
Zaccagnini and White's Core Competencies for Advanced Practice Nursing: a Guide for DNPs by A print copy of the following book is available at the Bellack Library
Nursing Research by You can find the APA Publication Manual in our print collection with the information below or visit our online guide to APA.
Publication Manual (OFFICIAL) 7th Edition of the American Psychological Association by Find this book on the Course Reserves bookshelf in the Bellack Library.
You can also find help with APA formatting in Bellack's online guide to APA.
Quality Improvement (QI) is "the framework we use to systematically improve the ways care is delivered to patients". This framework is often used as a basis for DNP capstone projects. As such, highlighted here are QI resources that can help you become more familiar with the process and use it in your own work.
BMJ Quality & Safety
Journal for Healthcare Quality
Journal of Nursing Care Quality
The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
