Table 1

Search strategy example (PubMed)

Search stepSearch query
#1‘Nurses’(MeSH]
#2(((((((((((Nurse(Title/Abstract)) OR (Nursing Personnel(Title/Abstract))) OR (Personnel, Nursing(Title/Abstract))) OR (Registered Nurses(Title/Abstract))) OR (Nurse, Registered(Title/Abstract))) OR (Nurses, Registered(Title/Abstract))) OR (Registered Nurse(Title/Abstract))) OR (nurse prescribers(Title/Abstract)))) OR (advanced practice nurse(Title/Abstract))) OR (advanced registered nurse(Title/Abstract))) OR (nurse practitioner(Title/Abstract))
#3#1 OR #2
#4‘Prescriptions’(Mesh]
#5((((((((((Prescription(Title/Abstract)) OR (Prescriptions, Non-Drug(Title/Abstract))) OR (Non-Drug Prescription(Title/Abstract))) OR (Non-Drug Prescriptions(Title/Abstract))) OR (Prescription, Non-Drug(Title/Abstract))) OR (Prescriptions, Non Drug(Title/Abstract))) OR (Prescriptions, Nondrug(Title/Abstract))) OR (Nondrug Prescription(Title/Abstract))) OR (Nondrug Prescriptions(Title/Abstract))) OR (Prescription, Nondrug(Title/Abstract))) OR (non- medical prescribing(Title/Abstract))
#6#4 OR #5
#7((((((((((((((((qualitative research(Title/Abstract)) OR (qualitative study(Title/Abstract))) OR (focus group(Title/Abstract))) OR (interview(Title/Abstract))) OR (semi-structured interview(Title/Abstract))) OR (unstructured interview(Title/Abstract))) OR (narration(Title/Abstract)OR narrative(Title/Abstract)OR hermeneutic(Title/Abstract))) OR (phenomenolog(Title/Abstract))) OR (phenomenological research(Title/Abstract))) OR (ethnographic research(Title/Abstract))) OR (thematic analys(Title/Abstract))) OR (content analys(Title/Abstract))) OR (grounded theory(Title/Abstract))) OR (experience(Title/Abstract))) OR (facilitator(Title/Abstract))) OR (barrier(Title/Abstract)))
#8#3 AND #6 AND #7