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What is Evidence-Based Practice Research?

Nurses Patient Care Evidence-based practice is a method of using the best research

 evidence to strive for optimal patient health outcomes.

      

 

 

 

Cancer unit nurses. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 31 Aug 2017. quest.eb.com/images/132_1469782. Accessed 25 Jul 2025.

Databases

Evidence-Based Practice Websites

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality(AHRQ)

Libguides for Review

Evidence-Based Practice

Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the conscientious use of current best evidence in making decisions about patient care (Sackett, Straus, Richardson, Rosenberg, & Haynes, 2000)

Choose Advanced Search to locate the Evidence-Based Practice check box. 

This will be located under "Limit your results"

PICO (problem, intervention, comparison and outcome)

CarePlan

CINAHL with Full Text (EBSCO) GALILEO Research Database

"Basic Search" lets you limit the "Publication Type' to "Care Plan."
Also notice the check box for Any Author is Nurse