Research Guides: Nursing Doctoral Programs: DNP & PhD: Evidence-Based Practice

Fundamentals of Evidence-Based Practice

Evidence Based Practice (EBP) is described as "a problem-solving approach to clinical decision-making within a health care organization. It integrates the best available scientific evidence with the best available experiential (patient and practitioner) evidence¹."

1. Dearholt, Sandra L., and Deborah Dang. Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice Model and Guidelines, Second Edition : Models and Guidelines, Sigma Theta Tau International, 2014.

Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice Model and Guidelines, Second Edition by Sandra L. Dearholt; Deborah Dang
ISBN: 9781935476788
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence Based Practice: Models and Guidelines provides practical guidelines on the model with exemplars, a question development tool, evidence rating scale, project management, appraisal forms, and evidence summary documents, this book helps nurses not only understand the theory, but also put it into action.

American Journal of Nursing (AJN): Evidence-Based Practice Step by Step
This collection of articles was authored by faculty from the Arizona State University College of Nursing and Health Innovation's Center for the Advancement of Evidence-Based Practice. Topics include: developing and searching the clinical question, critical appraisal of the evidence, implementation and dissemination.
Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Practice: Revisions and Validation
The Iowa Model is a commonly used model for the implementation of EBP.

Iowa Model Collaborative, Buckwalter, K. C., Cullen, L., Hanrahan, K., Kleiber, C., McCarthy, A. M., Rakel, B., Steelman, V., Tripp-Reimer, T., Tucker, S., & Authored on behalf of the Iowa Model Collaborative (2017). Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Practice: Revisions and Validation. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 14(3), 175–182. https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12223
Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, 3rd ed
The complete set of Users' Guides, originally published as a series in JAMA.
Fundamental tools for understanding and applying the medical literature and making clinical diagnoses.

Guidance for Evidence Synthesis in Health & Nursing

JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis
JBI (Joanna Briggs Institute) is an international evidence-based healthcare research organization. The JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis is meant to provide authors with a comprehensive guide to conducting JBI systematic reviews. Types of systematic reviews covered in manual include: systematic reviews of qualitative evidence, systematic reviews of effectiveness, mixed methods systematics reviews and scoping reviews, among others.

A Step-by-Step Guide to Conducting an Integrative Review by Coleen E Toronto & Ruth Remington
ISBN: 3030375048
Publication Date: 2020
This book provides guidance to readers for how to conduct an integrative review.

Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (6th Edition)
The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions is the official guide that describes in detail the process of preparing and maintaining Cochrane systematic reviews on the effects of healthcare interventions.