Library: Nursing: Evidence-Based Practice Resources

Evidence-Based Practice

Evidence-based practice is "the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of the individual patient. It means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research."

Sackett DL, Rosenberg WM, Gray JA, Haynes RB, Richardson WS. Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn't. BMJ. 1996;312(7023):71-72.

CINAHL Plus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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CINAHL Plus with Full-Text includes 150 evidence-based care sheets incorporates the latest evidence, statistics, research and references on a given topic. The references are ranked, using a coding matrix, according to the type of literature they represent (systematic reviews, meta-analysis, etc).
Popular search terms: childhood obesity, health psychology
Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window Cochrane Reviews, Protocols and Clinical Answers. Cochrane is for anyone interested in using high-quality information to make health decisions. Whether you are a clinician, patient or carer, researcher, or policy-maker, Cochrane evidence provides a powerful tool to enhance your healthcare knowledge and decision-making.
Popular search terms: childhood obesity, health psychology

ECRI Guidelines
Developed in response to the shut down the National Guideline Clearinghouse, provides a web-based repository of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Requires setting up a free ECRI account.
EPC Evidence-Based Reports
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), through its EPCs, sponsors the development of various reports to assist public- and private-sector organizations in their efforts to improve the quality of health care in the United States. These reports provide comprehensive, science-based information on common, costly medical conditions and new health care technologies and strategies.
Trip (Turning Research into Practice) Medical Database
Trip is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care. Trip has been online since 1997 and in that time has developed into the Internet’s premier source of evidence-based content..

Evidence-Based Practice Tutorial

Evidence-Based Practice Tutorial
Self-paced tutorial from Duke & UNC.