Evidence Based Nursing

A key function is to disseminate best practice information via summary sheets. These are widely distributed and available electronically on this web site.

National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC), a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

AddictionResource.com is a volunteer-run organization that focuses on providing accurate, reliable, and up-to-date information regarding substance addiction. Established in 2015, AddictionResource believes that addiction is not a matter of choice. Rather, it is an involuntary result of substance abuse, stemming from the lack of knowledge and education, the inability to handle trauma and stress, and other external factors that prompt the person to begin his or her journey towards addiction unknowingly.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.

Our broad aim is to develop, teach and promote evidence-based health care and provide support and resources to doctors and health care professionals to help maintain the highest standards of medicine

CADTH — the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health — provides Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial health care decision-makers with objective evidence to help make informed decisions about the optimal use of drugs and medical devices in our health care system. To achieve its mandate, CADTH produces a variety of publications that range from comprehensive systematic reviews and economic evaluations to more concise bulletins and updates.

Source for reliable health information from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

The Merck Manuals, a series of healthcare books for medical professionals and consumers. The Online Medical Library is updated periodically with new information, and contains photographs, and audio and video material not present in the print versions.

The Joanna Briggs Institute is an international not-for-profit research and development organization specialising in evidence-based resources for healthcare professionals in nursing, midwifery, medicine, and allied health. Has over 54 centers and groups.

Information on Diseases & Condition, Symptoms & Sign, Procedures & Tests, Medications, Health & Living, News & Views, and MedTerms Dictionary.

Merck Manual for Consumer information in plain text

This website is a free resource provided by the Graduate Educational Information Service (GEIS). GEIS develops and maintains educational websites designed to enhance student outcomes and promote academic excellence.

The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) leads efforts to improve the health of all Americans

PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 18 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to 1948.

Welcome to the TRIP Database, the Internet's leading resources for Evidence-Based Medicine. Allowing users to rapidly identify the highest quality clinical evidence for clinical practice.

Health literacy- the capacity to obtain, communicate, process, and understand basic health information and services to make appropriate health decisions. Anyone who needs health information and services also needs health literacy skills to:
• Find information and services
• Communicate their needs and preferences and respond to information and services

The Three A’s:
Health information should be: Accurate, Accessible, Actionable

A research-based tool that helps you develop and assess communication material for your intended audience.

Millions of consumers get health information from magazines, TV or the Internet. Some of the information is reliable and up to date; some is not. How can you tell the good from the bad?