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Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing

Steps in the EBP Process

The Seven Steps of Evidence-Based Practice will guide you through a progressive, sequential approach to improve the quality of your patient care.

The "Searching for the Evidence" article provides an excellent, step-by-step process to for executing a quality PICO search.

FREE! Online Texts Provided by Kent State University Libraries to Support EBP Coursework

Start your study of EBP here!

University Libraries provides FREE unlimited online access to these EBP textbooks in support of your coursework!

Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice by Dang & Dearholt
ISBN: 9781940446974
Also available in print: RT 42 .J594 2018
Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses: Appraisal and Application of Research by Schmidt & Brown
ISBN: 9781284122909
Also available in print: RT 81.5 .E95 2019
Implementing the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Competencies in Healthcare by Melnyk, Gallagher-Ford & Fineout-Overholt
ISBN: 9781940446424
Also available in print: RT 42 .M456 2016
Intervention Research and Evidence-Based Quality Improvement by Melnyk & Morrison-Beedy
ISBN: 9780826155535
Also available in print: RA 440.85 .I58 2019

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Print Texts Available for Checkout at Kent State University Libraries

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Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare by Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt
Call Number: RT 42 .E95 2019
ISBN: 9781496384539
Latest edition of THE classic work on EBP.
Chapter 3 covering searching for evidence is best available.