Source: UC Davis Library
Five Steps of Evidence-Based Practice:
- Ask a searchable clinical question;
- Find the best evidence to answer the question;
- Appraise the evidence;
- Apply the evidence with clinical expertise, taking the patient's wants/needs into consideration;
- Evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the process.
Source: Darrell W. Krueger Library, Winona State University
Source: Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing
Tips for finding evidence-based practice journal articles in our databases:
- Use databases from the Articles section below
- When given the option, choose advanced search
- Apply these limits (depending upon the database you are in):
- "Evidence-Based Practice" under "Limit your results" in CINAHL Plus with Full Text [CINAHL image]
- "Evidence Based Healthcare" under "Document type" in Consumer Health Database [Consumer Health image]
- "Evidence Based Healthcare" under "Document type" in Health & Medical Collection [Health & Medical image]
- "Evidence Based Healthcare" under "Document type" in Nursing & Allied Health Database [Nursing & Allied Health image]
- "Evidence Based Healthcare" under "Document type" in Public Health Database [Public Health image]
- Alternatively, you can build "evidence based" and related phrases into your search terms:
- Sample search: "preventing falls" and "evidence based"
- Related phrases to try:
- "clinical trials"
- "meta analysis"
- "case studies"
- "expert opinion"
Source: DAVIS'S DRUG GUIDE FOR NURSES® - 18th Ed. (2023)
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