- Find relevant information
- Evaluate its credibility
- Apply it to practice
The
Ascension Wisconsin Librarians know that nurses are busy with patient care and
find it difficult to make the time to dedicate to research and reviewing the
information.
The
solution? Talk to your Ascension
Wisconsin Librarian! Your Librarians:
- Are expert literature database searchers
- Are knowledgeable about the EBP process
- Have the time, talent, and resources to help you incorporate EBP into your practice
Take
a look at the nursing literature that supports partnerships with librarians:
Eresuma,
E., & Lake, E. (2016). How do I find the evidence?
Orthopaedic Nursing, 35(6), 421-423.
doi:10.1097/NOR.0000000000000299
Stielstra,
J. (2014). Hospital librarians to the rescue...Hastings,
C., Fisher, C.A., Searching for proof: Creating and using an actionable PICO
question. NURS MANAGE 2014 aug; 45(8): 9-12. Nursing Management, 45(10),
8-8. doi:10.1097/01.NUMA.0000453940.77781.ab
McGrath,
J. M., & Brandon, D. (2014). Searching the literature is not for
the faint of heart! Advances in Neonatal Care
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins), 14(4), 229-231.
doi:10.1097/ANC.0000000000000111
Attwood,
C. A., & Wellik, K. E. (2012). Collaboration, collegiality, and
cooperation. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing,
16(5),
487-490.
Newland,
J. (2012). Celebrating medical librarians.
Nurse Practitioner, 37(10), 5-5.
doi:10.1097/01.NPR.0000419301.77137.1a
Määttä,
S., & Wallmyr, G. (2010). Clinical librarians as facilitators of
nurses' evidence-based practice. Journal of Clinical
Nursing, 19(23), 3427-3434.
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03345.x
Miller,
L. C., Jones, B. B., Graves, R. S., & Sievert, M. C. (2010). Merging silos: Collaborating for
information literacy. Journal of Continuing
Education in Nursing, 41(6), 267-272.
doi:10.3928/00220124-20100401-03
Krom,
Z. R., Batten, J., & Bautista, C. (2010). A unique collaborative nursing
evidence-based practice initiative using the Iowa model: A clinical nurse
specialist, a health science librarian, and a staff nurse's success story.
Clinical Nurse Specialist: The Journal for Advanced Nursing Practice, 24(2),
54-59. doi:10.1097/NUR.0b013e3181cf5537
Hallyburton,
A., & St John, B. (2010). Partnering with your library to
strengthen nursing research. Journal of Nursing
Education, 49(3), 164-167.
doi:10.3928/01484834-20091118-04
There’s plenty more literature (from other sources) that illustrates the importance/advantages to including your librarian in finding evidence-based research. Your Librarian is always happy to provide you with literature!
