Medical Librarian (Ms Truex), Chicago Metro Region, Ascension-IL Saint Joseph Hospital, Chicago, Illinois; Program Information Specialist (Ms Spinner), Ellis Medicine, Ellis Hospital, Schenectady, New York; Assistant Director of Nursing School Resource Center, Retired (Ms Hillyer), Baylor University, Dallas, Texas; Head of Resource, Sharing and Discovery (Ms Ettien), Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; Medical Librarian (Ms Wade), Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine, and Assistant Professor and Simulation Director (Dr Calhoun), Catherine W. Wood School of Nursing, Campbell University, Lillington, North Carolina; Instruction & Outreach Librarian (Ms Wolf), Carolina Community College, Sandford, North Carolina; Biology, Human & Movement Sciences, Nursing, Psychology, and Distance Learning Librarian (Ms Hedreen), Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven; Medical Librarian (Ms Heimlich), MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, District of Columbia; Assistant Professor & Information Services & Liaison Librarian (Ms Nickum), Library of the Health Sciences, and Clinical Assistant Professor (Dr Vonderheid), University of Illinois at Chicago; and Director of Nursing Research and Nurse Residency Program Coordinator (Interim) (Dr Vonderheid), University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago.
Correspondence: Ms Truex, Ascension Saint Joseph Hospital, Medical Library, 2900 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60657 ([email protected]).
The authors thank the nurses, students, faculty, and librarians, who participated in this research, and Sarah Abboud, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development Nursing Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, for her assistance.
This study was supported by a grant from the Medical Library Association and a grant jointly funded by the Special Libraries Section of the New York Library Association and the Empire State Library Network.
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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Accepted for publication: December 6, 2022
Early Access: December 30, 2022
Cite this article as: Truex ES, Spinner E, Hillyer J, et al. Exploring the use of common strict search criteria in nursing literature searches. Nurse Educ. 2022. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001353
