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Division of Nursing

Evidence-Based Nursing Practice and Research
at St. Alexius Medical Center

Evidence-based nursing practice is an important element of quality care at St. Alexius Medical Center. Nurses at all levels, (from the staff nurse at the bedside to nursing leadership), incorporate evidence-based decision making to optimize outcomes for patients, improve clinical practice, achieve cost-effective nursing care and ensure accountability in decision making.

St. Alexius Medical Center nurses utilize the following model to implement evidence into nursing practice. Please visit the Evidence-Based Practice Weblinks for evidence-based nursing resources and other nursing practice information.
 

™Model Property of Lehigh Valley Hospital, used by permission
 

Evidence-Based Practice
Web Site Resources

Search Links
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence-based Practice Centers
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality National Guideline Clearinghouse
• The Joanna Briggs Institute for Evidence-Based Nursing and Midwivery
• SAMC Health Links Website

Educational Links
• University of Iowa Evidence-Based Practice Web-based Course
• The Evidence Based Medicine Tool Kit

• Centers for Health Evidence Update.cochrane.co.uk
• Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center

National U.S./Federal Agencies
• Healthcare Accreditation Supersite
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• National Patient Safety Foundation
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• U.S. Occupational and Health Administration
• VISN 8 Patient Safety Center of Inquiry
• The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention

Specialty Organizations
• American Pain Society
• Oncology Nursing Society
• American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
• Association for Women’s Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nursing
• Therapeutics Initiative: Evidence-Based Drug Therapy
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ASPAN - Perianesthesia Care
• ENA - Emergency Nurses Association
• AORN - Association of periOperative Registered Nurses

Evidence-Based Practice Initiatives
• Monash University, Center for Clinical Effectiveness
• National Electronic Library for Health
  Clinical Practice Guidelines
  Toolkit
  Open Clinical
• The National Institute for Clinical Evidence

Literature/Library Resources
• Evidence-based Medicine Reviews
• Hyperlink site for EBP materials
• HyperStat On-line Textbook
• The National Library of Medicine PubMed
• Netting the Evidence

Patient Safety
• National Center for Patient Safety 2004 Falls Toolkit
• Research Dissemination Core Evidence Based Practice Protocols

Miscellaneous
• Healthcare Accreditation Supersite
• Evidence-Based Nursing Journal
 

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