Evidence Based Practice

CareSearch Banner

Main Menu

Professional Groups

Evidence Based Practice

What is Palliative Care?

For Patients and Families

Finding Services

Clinical Practice

Finding Evidence

Research Resources

Professional Groups

About CareSearch

Contact CareSearch

Aboriginal Health Workers

Residential Aged Care

Bereavement Counsellors

Music Therapists

Nurses Hub Home

Occupational Therapists

Pastoral Care Workers

Physiotherapists

Service Managers

Speech Pathologists

Professional Connect

	Login \|	Contact CareSearch	Email Page:	Search

	You are here: Professional Groups » Nurses Hub Home » Research » Evidence Based Practice

Font size:		Print page:
Evidence Based Practice

Evidence Based Practice image

CareSearch Evidence
Finding Evidence

Evidence-based practice is an approach to care that encourages clinicians to use the best available evidence critically applied to the individual patient’s circumstances and preferences in clinical practice.

There is a large quantity of information and resources within CareSearch that can help nurses in addressing the issue of evidence based practice.

Resources

The Joanna Briggs Institute at the University of Adelaide has information and resources that may be of interest
The Australasian Cochrane Centre also has information and resources that may be of interest
Penn State University has developed an Evidence Based Practice Tutorial for Nurses

Related CareSearch Pages

Finding Evidence

About Evidence
Evidence Based Practice

Finding Evidence

Appraising Evidence

Applying Evidence

Generating Evidence

Communicating Evidence

Reducing Evidence Practice Gaps

CNIN Information Sheets

Evidence and Evidence Based Practice

Implementing Evidence: Residential Aged Care as an example

Evidence Based Practice: Levels of Evidence

Six Steps to information and evidence

How to assess a Journal Article

Understanding Grey Literature

Where do I look? The role of bibliographic databases

Free Full Text Article

Ubbink DT, Vermeulen H, Knops AM, Legemate DA, Oude Rengerink K, Heineman MJ, et al. Implementation of evidence-based practice: outside the box, throughout the hospital. Neth J Med. 2011 Feb;69(2):87-94.

References

Scott K, McSherry R. Evidence-based nursing: clarifying the concepts for nurses in practice. J Clin Nurs. 2009 Apr;18(8):1085-95. Epub 2008 Nov 24.
Murray MA. A question of evidence: decision-making in palliative care nursing. Int J Palliat Nurs. 2008 Jan;14(1):45-7.
Rutledge DN, Kuebler KK. Applying evidence to palliative care. Semin Oncol Nurs. 2005 Feb;21(1):36-43.
Dunne K, Coates VE. Care study: providing effective care in palliative nursing. Br J Nurs. 1999 Nov 25-Dec 8;8(21):1428-34.

Return to Research page

This page was created on 27 August 2010
Last updated 09 November 2011*

Print page:

Accessibility | Credits | Terms & Conditions | Site Map