The EBP Process
Finding Frameworks, Theories, or Models
Use the advanced search features of databases like CINAHL Plus to find articles that use a framework, theory, or model to address a particular topic.
- Enter your keyword in one search field.
- Enter framework OR theory OR model in the other.
Finding Evidence
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Cochrane LibraryThe Cochrane Library is a regularly updated collection of evidence-based medicine databases that brings together relevant research on the effectiveness of healthcare treatments and interventions. It can be used to inform healthcare decision-making for hundreds of medical conditions, plus related topics such as injury prevention. The Cochrane Library is recognized worldwide as a source of high-quality, independent evidence for healthcare interventions.
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PubMed (Medline)To find Clinical Evidence, try searching within PubMed Clinical Queries.
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CINAHL Plus with Full TextTo find Clinical Evidence, try searching with these Evidence-Based Practice Filters for CINAHL.
From around the web:
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ECRI Guidelines TrustECRI Guidelines Trust is a publicly available web-based repository of objective, evidence-based clinical practice guideline content. Its purpose is to provide physicians, nurses, other clinical specialties, and members of the healthcare community with up-to-date, clinical practices to advance safe and effective patient care
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Best Practice GuidelinesBest Practice Guidelines developed by Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) as part of their nursing best practice guidelines project begun in 1999
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Best Practice Information SheetsSummary information on best practice guidelines by the Joanna Briggs Institute of Australia. The guideline summaries are searchable
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Health Services/Technology Assessment TextHSTAT includes searchable full text of the Agency for Health Care Practice and Research (AHCPR) clinical guidelines and evidence reports, National Institues of Health Consensus Development Statements, and U.S. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services.
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PubMed Medline |
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Patient education / Health Promotion material |
Yes! There are subject headings [MeSH terms] for…
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Yes! The MyEbsco feature can save searches. |
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Critical Appraisal of Evidence
Try evaluating your search results by using an evidence table to breakdown the components of the sources you find.
Source/Citation: Jackson, Alison “Comparison of lab rats to other study subjects.” Journal of Irreproducible Results, Apr.1, 2013.
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Purpose of the study |
Study Design (RCT, Qualitative, Quantitative, Mixed) |
Theory/ Framework |
Study Sample |
Instrument/ Means of Collecting Data |
Study FIndings (brief) |
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Compare lab rats to other potential study control groups, [i.e. alley cats, sharks, attorneys, mice, etc.] for suitability in terms of cost and potential emotional attachment to the subjects |
Qualitative |
Erickson, Tomlin & Swain, Modeling |
N= 30 |
30 question survey |
Slight increase in emotional attachment to smaller, furrier subjects. More research is needed to confirm. |
pyramid modified from: Navigating the Maze, University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library, and HealthLinks, the University of Washington, 2008
From the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine website:
"no evidence ranking system or decision tool can be used without a healthy dose of judgment and thought."1
That said, the CEBM Levels of Evidence, 2011 edition, provides something more than the traditional pyramid progressions of various research or study types. The pyramid is still a very useful graphic, but the CEBM table provides a bit more nuance while acting as a shortcut for busy clinicians, patients and others.
Source: Howick, Jeremy, et al. "The 2011 Oxford CEBM levels of evidence (introductory document)." Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. Retrieved January 31 (2015): 2015.