Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare
by Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Ellen Fineout-Overholt · Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Ellen Fineout-Overholt
Widely adopted graduate nursing text organized around a seven-step EBP process. You will learn to frame PICOT questions, search and critically appraise studies, and implement and sustain practice changes in clinical settings.
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
US federal agency site publishing evidence reports, clinical practice tools, and patient safety resources such as TeamSTEPPS. Nurses can locate graded evidence syntheses and quality-improvement toolkits to ground bedside protocols and unit-level practice changes in current research.
Cochrane Nursing Care Field
Cochrane's nursing-focused group, which translates Cochrane systematic reviews into concise summaries relevant to nursing care. You will be able to find high-quality review evidence on nursing interventions and judge how strongly it supports a given clinical practice.
Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI)
Site of JBI, the University of Adelaide research organization behind the JBI model of evidence-based healthcare. It offers methodology manuals for systematic and scoping reviews, critical appraisal checklists, and implementation guidance for turning evidence into nursing practice.
nursingworld.org
NursingWorld.org is the American Nurses Association’s official site, offering standards of practice, ethics guidance, advocacy resources, and continuing education for nurses. It also provides news, professional development tools, and member resources to support day-to-day nursing practice.
allnurses.com
AllNurses.com is a comprehensive nursing community and resource hub for nurses and nursing students. It features forums, articles, and career resources, plus a job board and clinical topic coverage for professional development.
Evidence-Based Nursing: The Research-Practice Connection
Undergraduate-level textbook on reading and using nursing research. It explains how to appraise quantitative and qualitative studies, systematic reviews, and clinical guidelines, then apply the findings to individual patient care and organizational practice decisions.