What is Evidence Based Medicine
Overview and definitions prepared by the University of Minnesota.
Keeping up with the times: The importance of Evidence-Based Practice
What are the benefits of Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing?
Glossary of EBM Terms - From the Center for Evidence-Based Medicine
Evidence-based Practice Resources
Evidence-Based Practice and Research Utilization from the Department of Nursing Service at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics. Explains the Iowa model of Evidence-Based Practice.
The Joanna Briggs Institute, based in Adelaide, Australia, is affiliated with Royal Adelaide Hospital and has a large network of collaborators throughout the world. It produces both best-practice information sheets and systematic reviews on dozens of topics of interest to nurses.
National Guideline Clearinghouse
The National Guideline Clearinghouse, a program of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S.Department of Health and Human Services, is a database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents designed for nurses, physicians, and other health care providers.
Databases
Found only in the CINAHL product, Evidence-Based Care (EBC) sheets are a concise and comprehensive overview of clinical issues. After opening Ebscohost and choosing Full text Journals, uncheckmark the Medline databases, going into just CINHAL Complete. Once you are in CINAHL you will see a green sub-toolbar towards the top of the screen, one of the options is Evidence-Based Care Sheets. If you have any questions please see Miranda in the Library.