Evidence Based Nursing
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EBN Resources: Articles
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The following list of articles include those mentioned as well as several not mentioned in other parts of this EBN intro/resource guide. While the content of many of the articles overlap into different categories, they were split into several categories to facilitate ease of browsing.
Defining Evidence Based Medicine
Sackett DL, et al. Evidence Based Medicine: What It Is and What It Isn't.
BMJ 1996; 312: 71-72.
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/312/7023/71Discusses the origins of Evidence Based Medicine. One of the defining editorials on explaining and fielding questions about Evidence Based Medicine.
Issues in Evidence Based Nursing
Melnyk, B. Evidence-Based Practice: The Past, the Present, and Recommendations for the Millennium.
Pediatric Nursing, Jan/Feb2000, 26 (1), 77 - 80.
Click here for access to the online journal. Then use the citation information above to find the article.Reviews the evolution and the state of evidence-based practice (EBP) in the United States. Factors to be considered in practicing evidence-based nursing; Recommendations for implementing and advancing EBP; Strategies for implementing EBP; Conclusion.
Shorten A, Wallace MC, Crookes PA. Developing information literacy: a key to evidence-based nursing.
Int Nurs Rev. 2001 Jun;48(2):86-92.
Abstract / HTML Full TextBakken S, McArthur J. Evidence-based Nursing Practice: A Call to Action for Nursing Informatics.
J. Am. Med. Inform. Assoc. 2001; 8(3): 289 - 290.
http://www.jamia.org/cgi/content/full/8/3/289DiCenso A, Cullum N, Ciliska D. Implementing evidence based nursing: some misconceptions [Editorial].
Evidence-Based Nursing 1998; 1:38-40).
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/1/2/38Guyatt GH, Meade MO, Jaeschke RZ, et al. Practitioners of evidence based care. Not all clinicians need to appraise evidence from scratch but all need some skills. BMJ 2000; 320:954-5.
http://bmj.com/cgi/ijlink?linkType=FULL&journalCode=bmj&resid=320/7240/954
Using Research in Practice
Mulhall A, Nursing, research, and the evidence [editorial].
Evidence-Based Nursing 1998 Jan;1:4-
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/1/1/4
Asking the well-built question
Purpose and procedure
Evidence-Based Nursing 2003 6: 34-35.
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/6/2/34Flemming K. Asking answerable questions [editorial].
Evidence-Based Nursing 1998 Apr;1:36-7.
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/1/2/36Richardson W, et al. The well-built clinical question: a key to evidence-based decisions.
ACP Journal Club 1995 Nov- Dec;123(3):A12-3.
http://www.acpjc.org/Content/123/3/ISSUE/ACPJC-1995-123-3-A12.htm
Selecting Resources and Conducting the Search
Cullum N. Users' guides to the nursing literature: an introduction
Evidence-Based Nursing July 1, 2000; 3(3): 71 - 72
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/3/3/71Hunt DL, Jaeschke R, McKibbon, KA, and for the Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group
Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: XXI. Using Electronic Health Information Resources in Evidence-Based Practice
JAMA, April 12, 2000; 283(14): 1875 - 1879.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/283/14/1875McKibbon KA, Marks S. Searching for the best evidence. Part 1: where to look [editorial].
Evidence-Based Nursing 1998 Jul;1:68-70.
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/1/3/68McKibbon KA, Marks S. Searching for the best evidence. Part 2: searching CINAHL and Medline [editorial]
Evidence-Based Nursing 1998 Oct;1:105-7.
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/1/4/105Ploeg J. Identifying the best research design to fit the question. Part 2: qualitative designs [editorial].
Evidence-Based Nursing 1999 Apr;2(2):36-7.
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/2/2/36Roberts J, Dicenso A. Identifying the best research design to fit the question. Part 1: quantitative designs
Evidence-Based Nursing January 1, 1999; 2(1): 4 - 6.
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/2/1/4
Critical Appraisal/Evaluation of the Literature
Russell C, Gregory D. Evaluation of qualitative research studies
Evidence-Based Nursing 2003 6: 36-40.
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/6/2/36
Web-only References: http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/6/2/36/DC1Jull A. Evaluation of studies of assessment and screening tools, and diagnostic tests
Evidence-Based Nursing 2002 5: 68-72.
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/5/3/68Ciliska D, Cullum N, Marks S. Evaluation of systematic reviews of treatment or prevention interventions [Editorial].
Evidence-Based Nursing 2001 4: 100-104.
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/4/4/100Cullum N. Evaluation of studies of treatment or prevention interventions [editorial].
Evidence-Based Nursing 2000;3:100-2.
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/ijlink?linkType=FULL&journalCode=ebnurs&resid=3/4/100Cullum N. Evaluation of studies of treatment or prevention interventions. Part 2: applying the results of studies to your patients [editorial]. Evidence-Based Nursing 2001;4:7-8.
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/ijlink?linkType=FULL&journalCode=ebnurs&resid=4/1/7
Using Research in Practice
Haynes RB, Sackett DL, Gray JAM, et al. Transferring evidence from research into practice. 1. The role of clinical care research evidence in clinical decisions [editorial].
ACP Journal Club 1996 Nov-Dec;125:A14-6.
http://www.acpjc.org/Content/125/3/ISSUE/ACPJC-1996-125-3-A14.htmRoyal J, Blythe J. Promoting research utilisation in nursing: the role of the individual, organisation, and environment
Evidence-Based Nursing July 1, 1998; 1(3): 71 - 72.
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/1/3/71
Case Studies/ EBN Application
University of Toronto Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital
http://www.cebm.utoronto.ca/syllabi/nur/samples.htm (free access)
Teaching EBN
Kessenich CR, Teaching nursing students evidence-based nursing. Nurse Educator, Nov/Dec 1997, 22(6): 25-29.
Not accessible online. Available in the Health Sciences Library Journal stacks.