Nursing EBP - Research Guide

Follow the Direct Link for direct access to each of the database's synthesized resources. 

Databases	What you will find	Direct Link To:	Description
CINALH Ultimate	Articles Books Evidence-Based CareSheets Journals	Evidence-based care sheets	Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health is considered to be the world's most comprehensive nursing and allied health research database
Clinical Key Nursing	Articles Books Clinical Summaries Evidence-Based Monographs Guidelines	Clinical Summaries	Clinical Key Nursing is an online resource containing evidence-based information covering nearly every nursing specialty.
Dynamic Health	Clinical Summaries Nursing Skills	Clinical Summaries	Dynamic Health is designed to provide fast, accurate, and actionable answers to questions as they arise at the point of care
Johanna Briggs Institute	Best Practice Sheets Evidence Summaries	Clinical Summaries (Look for the search box)	JBI provides the best available evidence to support clinical decisions

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If we can not locate synthesized evidence relevant to our topic, we will need to search for unfiltered evidence using the PICO Tool to refine the practice question. 

Refine your PICO question: 

P - Patient/Population: Who are you interested in (e.g., diabetic patients, post-operative patients)?

I - Intervention: What specific treatment or approach are you considering (e.g., pain management technique, educational intervention)?

C - Comparison: Is there an alternative intervention you want to compare it to (e.g., standard pain medication vs. a new technique)? This might not be applicable in all cases.

O - Outcome: What are you hoping to achieve (e.g., reduced pain scores, improved patient satisfaction)?

Step 2. Visit the SMH Medical Library and conduct a literature search - 

SMH Medical Library Digital Library - use the search terms relevant to your topic that coincide with your PICO question. 

Narrow down the search by using terms that will pull EBP articles such as: 

Evidence-based practice, ebp, or best practice	Quality Improvement, Quality of care
Guidelines, protocols, practice guidelines, clinical practice guideline	Meta-analysis, systematic review, literature review, overview
Nurse, Nurses, Nursing	Treatment outcome, Therapeutic use, Hospital Setting (or specify ie. ICU, Peds, etc)

When Searching, use a combination of the search fields to create your search: 

AU Author	use for Author search
AB Abstract	use to discern specific terms like "ERAS" etc.
TX All Text	use for large range search
TI Title	use to narrow down the topic by selecting words found in the title
SO-Journal	use if searching known journals ie. AORN
SU-Subject	use for topic of search ie. Surgical site infection

Use filters to narrow down or sort the search: 

Scholarly Journal	Check to limit to Peer Review
Pub Date	Limit to date range
Source Types	Limit to Academic Journals
Publication	Limit to journal subset
Geography	Limit to location (USA, Europe)
Databases	Limit to Medline or CINAHL

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