Evidence-Based Health Care

Selected Resources for Nurses

Cochrane Library
A collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.

Nursing Research Guide

Nursing Best Practice Guidelines
From the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario. The purpose of this multi-year program is to support Ontario nurses by providing them with best practice guidelines for client care. There are currently 50 published guidelines as well as a toolkit and educator's resource to support implementation.

ECRI Guidelines

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
A variety of resource portals, including: Data Resources, Research Findings & Reports, Prevention and Chronic Care Resources, and Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence Based Handbook for Nurses (archived)

CINAHL
Features to help find the evidence: Clinical Queries; the EBP Special Interest limit.

PubMed@UR
Features to help find the evidence: Clinical Queries; publication type limits.

URMC Clinical Nursing Resource Center (Intranet Only. Offsite access requires VPN.)

Additional Resources from Miner Library