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Target Audience: UMHS Nursing Community & UM SON
Author/Contact: Terri Voepel-Lewis Last Reviewed: 10/28/08
Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice
Welcome to the Evidence Based Practice Resource page. This site provides links for nurses at the University of Michigan Health System and the School of Nursing to meet needs for information, skills, and resources to promote evidence-based practice.
Evidence-based practice is defined as “A problem-solving approach to clinical practice that integrates a systematic search for and critical appraisal of the most relevant evidence to answer a burning clinical question with one’s own clinical expertise & patients’ preferences and values.” (Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt, 2005, p.6)
The NNPN - National Nursing Practice Network® represents a commitment to the promotion and implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) through a collaborative model designed to promote shared learning and participation.
Check out the NNPN website.
This website is all about sharing your expertise, your successes and failures and your thoughts with other nurses.
Additional information and resources for EBP:
- Overview
- Glossary (pdf)
- Reference Books & Articles
- Sackett et al., (1996). "Evidence based medicine: What it is and what it isn’t: It’s about integrating individual clinical expertise and the best external evidence". BMJ: British Medical Journal, 312 (7023), 71-2.
- Titler, M.G. et al. (2001). "The Iowa Model of evidence-based practice to promote quality care". Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America. 13, (4), 497-508.
- Melnyk, B.M. & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2005). Evidence-based practice in nursing and healthcare: A guide to best practice. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
- Craig, J.V. & Smyth, R.L. (2007). The evidence-based practice manual for nurses (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
- EBP Centers (list conferences, training opportunities, and other resources)
- Sources for Evidence
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