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Nurse Residency: EBP

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Inova HealthSciences Library is here to support you. 

Librarians will help you with your EBP projects, patient care, procedure & policy review, career & school endeavors, and more! 

Check out the menu on the left for more helpful resources.

Below are a few key resources you may find useful.

Librarian Hours:
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Sat         9am-5pm

library@inova.org

703-776-3234

 

Literature search help?

 

Inova uses the Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model. This model includes a many useful tools to lead you through the EBP process. You will be learning about the model and these tools during this residency.

The EBP Model Book
A selection of evidence-based practice journals:

Many nursing and allied health journals include evidence-based practice articles and topics, even if "evidence" isn't in the title. Tips on searching for evidence-based practice articles to come later

Journals by Title

 

One of the toughest parts of practicing evidence-based medicine is developing a good clinical question. Fortunately, there are many websites, worksheets, & tutorials on this topic.

Most clinical questions can be formulated in terms of a simple relationship between:

•Patient or problem
•Intervention or "exposure“
•Comparison
•Outcome

Use the PICO format to help formulate your clinical question for each assignment.

In children with asthma, is the intermittent use of Pulmicort as effective as daily use in preventing asthma exacerbation?


 

 

Break your question down into Searchable Concepts
 

>In patients with diabetes, does diet and exercise therapy improve A1C better than diet alone?

Connect Terms with Boolean Operators

 



Use a Combination of Keywords & MeSH (or Controlled Vocabulary) in Your Search
 
Limits or Filters

Use the Filters in PubMed / Ovid Medline to refine your search. You can limit by year, age, type of article, and much more


Types of Questions

The type of question is important and can help lead you to the best study design. To limit your search to a specific study design, use the database's filters/limits or add keywords to your search (e.g., lung cancer AND cohort).

Type of Question  Best Type of Study
   Therapy RCT -> cohort -> case control -> case series
   Diagnosis                 prospective, blind comparison to a gold standard  
   Etiology/Harm RCT -> cohort -> case control -> case series
   Prognosis Cohort study -> case control -> case series
   Prevention RCT -> cohort study -> case control -> case series
Templates on InovaNET
Tips & How-To's Posters & Presentations
 
Canvas is an online learning tool that you can use to access needed forms and resources. You can also use it to communicate with your group members. To fully take advantage of this tool, we recommending downloading the app to your smartphone (if available). Instructions and information are below
Canvas  Student Guide: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10701  
 
Canvas Mobile App

You can use the Canvas app on iOS or Android devices. 


iOS

Download the Canvas app on iOS device

How do I log in to the Canvas app on my iOS device?

Android

Download Canvas app on Android device

How do I log in to the Canvas app on my Android device?

Notifications and Guides

If you are planning on using Canvas to communicate with each other “set your notification preferences”.  You should set your Announcements notification to PUSH if you want to receive these types of notifications on your phone or email automatically.


General link to Canvas Guides---tutorials, explanations, etc. on using and creating in Canvas:  https://community.canvaslms.com/community/answers/guides/

 

*Users can add a login to their Canvas accounts—so they can add their personal emails as well  and change their passwords: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10612-4212710340