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RN to BSN Program: Evidence-Based Practice

EBP Resources

Library Resources

Addressing the Current Challenges of Adopting Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing.

Open Access Articles

Empirical Nursing: The Art of Evidence-Based Care This link opens in a new window
How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine and Healthcare This link opens in a new window
Translation of Evidence Into Nursing and Health Care This link opens in a new window
Implementing the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Competencies in Healthcare: A Practical Guide for Improving Quality, Safety, and Outcomes This link opens in a new window
Evidence-Based Practice In Action: Comprehensive Strategies, Tools, and Tips From The University of Iowa Hospitals And Clinics This link opens in a new window

Levels of Evidence

Duke University Medical Center Library's EPB Tutorial

Best BETs BETs were developed in the Emergency Department of Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK, to provide rapid evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, using a systematic approach to reviewing the literature. BETs take into account the shortcomings of much current evidence, allowing physicians to make the best of what there is. Although BETs initially had an emergency medicine focus, there are a significant number of BETs covering cardiothoracics, nursing, primary care and paediatrics.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: An Evidence-Based Prevention Resource for Nurse Practitioners
MedPix | National Library of Medicine
MedPix® is a free open-access online database of medical images, teaching cases, and clinical topics, integrating images and textual metadata including over 12,000 patient case scenarios, 9,000 topics, and nearly 59,000 images.

PICO in Evidence Based Practice

Additional PICO/PICOT Web Resources

Nursing Research Resources

Research for Advanced Practice Nurses: From Evidence to Practice This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedia of Nursing Research This link opens in a new window
Nursing Research Using Grounded Theory: Qualitative Designs and Methods in Nursing This link opens in a new window
Theories Guiding Nursing Research and Practice: Making Nursing Knowledge Development Explicit This link opens in a new window

Theoretical Frameworks

Nursing Concept Analysis: Applications to Research and Practice This link opens in a new window
Dictionary of Nursing Theory and Research This link opens in a new window
Pioneering Theories in Nursing This link opens in a new window
Applying Conceptual Models of Nursing : Quality Improvement, Research, and Practice This link opens in a new window

Statistics

Web Resources

Ebooks

Vital Statistics of the United States 2018: Births, Life Expectancy, Deaths, and Selected Health Data This link opens in a new window

Statista This link opens in a new window