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Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice Toolkit
FREE resources for nurses and nursing students conducting research, evidence-based practice (EBP), and quality improvement (QI) projects courtesy of the Inova Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Department and the Inova Health Sciences Library
At Inova, we use the
Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model
Primary Textbook: Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals 4th ed.
Get your learn on:
EBP Video Tutorials
Inova EBP Videos
Evidence-Based Practices Resources (InovaNET) includes:
- NRC+ Evidence-Based Care Sheets(add your topic) AND (pt (evidence-based care sheet))
Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals, Fourth EditionCall Number: WY 100.7 J65 2021
Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice: Implementation & TranslationCall Number: WY 100.7 P7 2010
Evidence-Based Practice for NursesCall Number: WY 20.5 S3 2019
Evidence-Based Practice in ActionCall Number: WY 100.7 C9 2018
Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and HealthcareCall Number: WY 100.7 M5 2019
Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and HealthcareCall Number: WY 100.7 M5
Implementing the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Competencies in HealthcareCall Number: WY 100.7 M52 2017
The Johns Hopkins Nursing Professional Practice ModelCall Number: WY 20.5 D1 2017
Finding Evidence-Based Articles & Research in CINAHL nursing database
Many nursing and allied health journals include evidence-based practice articles and topics, even if "evidence" isn't in the title.
When searching the CINAHL database, filter the topic search with the Evidence-Based Practice checkbox to limit the search results to the following:
- Articles from evidence-based practice journals
- Articles about evidence-based practice
- Research articles (including systematic reviews, clinical trials, meta analyses, etc.)
- Commentaries on research studies (applying practice to research)
Evidence-Based Practice Video Tutorials
- EBP Step 1: Asking the QuestionBackground question ; foreground question Learn the importance of a well-built clinical question.
This video was originally created for NURS 3330- Evidence-Based Nursing. - EBP Step 2 Part II: Levels of EvidenceEvidence pyramid
- EBP Step 2: Searching for Infosearching databases and different types of evidence
- EBP Step 3 : Rapid Critical Care AppraisalStep 3 of the EBP process is about evaluating the information you have found.
Learn one method for doing this quickly. - Evidence Based Practice : Methods to find the best information1. Asking a question that is answerable 2.Searching 3. Appraisal Piece
This is a short introduction to evidence-based practice.
This video was originally created for NURS 3330, so it has a few references specific to nursing and this particular course. - What is Evidence-Based Practice?Video with Speaker and Slides and discusses Cochrane and Briggs and basic overview in short video
Interactive tutorial!
- Duke Evidence-Based Practice Series Module 1: Intro to EBP
interactive tutorial that covers: foreground and background questions interactive, ranking exercise, PICO exercise Provides an example with a patient