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This guide provides students with recommended resources for conducting research on topics related to Nursing. Use the tabs to navigate through the pages of the guide.
Click on the Evidence-Based Care Sheets link at the top of CINAHL's search page to find a list of care sheets on key topics. Each evidence-based care sheet incorporates the latest evidence, statistics, research and references on a given topic.
You can also select "evidence based care" under the "special interest" limit on CINAHL's Advanced Search page.
Provides abstracts and full text of journals articles and books covering nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. Also offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals, and book chapters. Searchable cited references for more than 1,350 journals are also included.
Drawing on the universal values in health care, the second edition of Quality and Safety in Nursing continues to devote itself to the nursing community and explores their role in improving quality of care and patient safety.
This issue begins with an overview that distinguishes evidence-based practice (EBP) and translation science, followed by a description of Hawaii's statewide EBP program that uses active and multifaceted translation science strategies to facilitate the rate and extent of adoption of EBP changes.
Quality and Safety in Nursing
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Integrating Evidence into Practice for Impact: An Issue of Nursing Clinics of North America
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![The Steps of Evidence-Based Practice: [image of a person] ASSESS - Start with the patient - Is this a clinical problem or question based on the patient care? [image of a question mark] ASK - Construct a well-built clinical question derived from the case. [image of a book] AQUIRE - Find the right resources and do a search using best research. [image of a magnifyting glass] APPRAISE - Ask yourself: Is the evidence valid and applicable? [image of speech bubbles] APPLY: Talk to the patient - Integrate evidence, clinical experience and patient preference and apply it. [image of a list on a clip board] EVALUATE: Reflect and evaluate your performance with this patient.](https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/customers/6051/images/EBP.JPG)