NUR 236 - Research for Professional Nursing Practice

Evidence-based Practice Tutorial from Duke University

https://guides.mclibrary.duke.edu/ebmtutorial

Evidence-Based Practice Tutorial from University of Minnesota

https://www.lib.umn.edu/apps/instruction/ebp/

The most important aspect of evidence-based practice is finding the best evidence possible to support decision-making in a clinical setting. CINAHL is a recommended database for finding evidence-based articles. Here are suggestions on how to best use CINAHL to find evidence-based articles:

• Under “Limit Your Results,” click the box for “Evidence-Based Practice
• As an alternative, you can also limit search results by specific types of evidence. Under “Publication Type,” choose
  • Clinical Trial
  • Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Systematic Review

An important component of evidence-based medicine is beginning with an answerable question. A PICO question guides the process by making evident important components of the questions, including:

P - Patient

I - Intervention

C - Comparison Intervention

O - Outcome

Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine offers a clear table on how to formulate a strong, focused question: http://www.cebm.net/asking-focused-questions/

The John Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model (JHNEBP) is designed specifically for the nursing profession to be a user-friendly, problem-solving approach to making decisions in clinical practice. The JHNEBP website contains the tools necessary to effectively find, evaluate, and use evidence.

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/evidence-based-practice/jhn_ebp.html 

The library has an electronic copy of Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice: Models and Guidelines