Library: Nursing: Evidence Based Practice

Core Resources

Cochrane Reviews
Best developed, most comprehensive reviews - Nursing is one of the 12 fields covered. Summaries and lengthy abstracts can be accessed free. Use the search box in the top right corner. Request full reviews via Oscar Express.

CINAHL Ultimate
To get EBP reviews when you search for a topic:Limit "Publication Types:" to 'Practice Guidelines' and 'Standards' and 'Systematic Review.' (hold control key to select more than one.) Also note the 'Evidence-Based Care Sheets' in the blue bar on the top.
PubMed (MEDLINE)
After your search terms, add AND systematic[sb] to retrieve systematic reviews, etc. Note: Square Brackets!
(meta-analyses, reviews of clinical trials, evidence-based medicine, consensus development conferences, and guidelines)

Bookshelf
Specializes in books and documents in life science and healthcare.There is also systematic review content.
Agency for Health Research Quality
A good source for nursing Systematic Reviews and Meta Analyses.
PICOT Questions
What are they, question templates, and examples (from Georgia Gwinnett College).

Evidence Pyramid

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