A nursing student has an assignment that requires looking up an article about nursing care following knee replacement surgery. The nursing student has only the title and the knowledge that the article was published within the past year. Which resource would be most helpful in completing the assignment?
A) Education Index
B) Materia Medicus
C) Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
D) Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature

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The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) is a periodical index containing current listings for nursing and allied health fields. It is produced in five bimonthly issues each year. The issues are later bound by year. The index in Education Index would not present technical data on nursing topics. Materia Medicus is more pertinent to medicine. Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature focuses on articles from nontechnical magazines and would not contain references to nursing journal articles.

A Nursing Student Has an Assignment That Requires Looking Up