LibGuides: Nursing and Midwifery: Evidence Based Nursing

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How to:

Access the Evidence
Appraise the Evidence
Apply and Audit
and much more!

Definition

"Evidence-based nursing can be defined as the application of valid, relevant, research-based information in nurse decision-making." "Research evidence is used alongside our knowledge of our patients." (Cullum, Ciliska, Haynes and Marks, 2008)

Cullum, N., Ciliska, D., Haynes, R.B. & Marks, S. Evidence-based nursing. Oxford, Blackwell Pub., 2008.

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You can access research based information by searching Library databases for journal articles, systematic reviews and other information.

The following EBSCOhost databases can be used to find literature reviews, clinical studies, qualitative studies and systematic reviews.

CINAHL Complete
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. Key database for finding articles from all the major nursing and allied health journals. Search results can be limited by Publication Type, which includes "Clinical Trial", "Research", "Systematic Reviews". There is also an option to limit to "Evidence Based Practice".
Medline Complete
Authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing and the health care. Clinical Queries limit option enables evidence based searching. system.
Nursing Reference Center
Clinical evidence for nurses. Search for health assessment, diagnosis, clinical skills and procedures, evidence based care sheets, quick lessons, journal articles and research instruments.

Systematic reviews are the Gold Standard in the hierarchy of evidence and so an excellent source of evidence based information.

Joanna Briggs Institute

An International Research Collaboration including centres in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. This site provides access to the Institute's publications, including journal articles, systematic reviews and technical reports. At Deakin University, the Deakin Centre for Quality and Risk Management in Health: A Joanna Briggs Collaborating Centre, is actively involved with this research activity.

Cochrane Library
Database of evidence based health care, including systematic reviews. clinical trials and other research to inform health care decision making.

Point of Care tools provide evidence based summaries right where you need them, when you're with the patient.

Trip Database (Turning Research into Practice)

The TRIP Database is a meta-search engine that searches across 61 EBM sites of high-quality medical information, including online journals such as the BMJ, JAMA, NEJM. Search results can be filtered by publication type and specialty.

UpToDate
UpToDate is a clinical information resource that is updated continuously. Information is contributed by practising physicians and experts. They also review and summarise published evidence.
BMJ Best Practice
Patient-focused point of care information summarizing the latest research evidence, guidelines and expert opinion and covering diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention.