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Searching for Evidence Based Practice Information in CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Houston Cole LibraryPaula Barnett-Ellis2012
What Is Evidence Based Practice?
“Evidence-based practice is a framework for clinical practice that incorporates the best available scientific evidence with the expertise of the clinical staff and the patient’s preferences and values to make decisions about health care.”
Levin, Rona F. and Harriet R. Feldman, Teaching Evidence-based Practice in Nursing. NY: Springer, 2006. pg. 6.
Five Steps in EBP
1. Ask the clinical question2. Collect the most relevant and best
evidence3. Critically appraise the evidence4. Integrate with clinical expertise, patient
preferences and values in making a practice decision or change
5. Evaluate the practice decision or change
Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek and Ellen Fineout-Overholt. Evidence-based Practice In Nursing & Healthcare: a Guide To Best Practice. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2005. pg
Form a Question
Example: For hospitalized patients are usual oral health measures OR bundling more effective in reducing the incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia?
PICOT: Answerable, Searchable Question
Patient population of interest Intervention of interest Comparison of interest Outcome of interest Time frame
PICOT
Patient Hospitalized patients
Intervention Usual oral care
Comparison Bundling
Outcome Reduce VAP cases
Time Not used
How Can I Find EBP Literature?
Use controlled vocabulary (CINAHL subject headings; the way terms are indexed in the database)
Keyword searching Boolean logic (AND, OR, NOT)
And narrows searchOr broadens searchNot excludes terms
CINAHL Plus with Full Text CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health
Literature) Can limit Advanced Search to Research Articles
On research studies, with charts and/or graphs of data, method, discussion, results, etc.
Can limit search to Evidence-Based Practice Used in articles about clinical practice that base
clinical decisions on research, clinical expertise, patient choices, and critical evaluation of the literature.
Don’t use Full Text limit, as your article may be found in another database
Using CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Start at the library home page Click on the Databases tab Under Databases By Title, select
CINAHL Plus with Full Text from the menu, click GO
Opens to Advanced Search Screen
Library Databases
Click the Databases tab
Click Title Listing
Click on Link for CINAHL Plus Full Text
Scroll down the page titled Electronic Resources and Databases by Title to CINAHL Plus Full Text
Advanced Search Screen
Set Limits for EBP
Scroll down on the opening page and click the check box for Evidence-Based Practice
Subject Heading Search
Click CINAHL Headings
Type Search Term(s), click Browse
Type your search term(s), click Browse
Select Your Subject Heading
Click Check Box, then Click Search Database
Search Results
Add Terms to Narrow Search Results
Finding Full Text Articles
Click Linked Full Text to see article text
Article Text
How Do I Find the Full Text if It’s Not There?
Use links within databases to locate full text or search catalog or Serials Solutions
Use Article Linker to see if an article is available in an online database. If it is, you may click a link for access. To use Article Linker, click on Link to Full Text in database record, or click on E-journals tab, then Article Linker.
Article Linker
Type article title, journal, click Look Up
Click Get Article
Article Full Text
Finding My Article Cont. Use our online catalog to find journal titles,
not the articles. Use the online catalog at
http://library.jsu.edu/ Click Author/Title/Subject/Call Number Select Journal Title, and type the title in
the search box You will need a call number for print journals. There will be an Internet Link for electronic
format
Additional Resources
Houston Cole Library Distance Education Services page
Electronic Resources & Databases for Distance Learning Nursing Students
Frequently Asked Questions Tutorials
