Nursing Practice

Evidence-based nursing: learn more about the process for evidence-based practice

• Evidence-based Decision-making and Nursing Practice a position statement of the Canadian Association of Nurses
• Evidence-based nursing resources from the University of Ottawa Library
• Nursing +: Best Evidence for Nursing Care
• Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Toronto: Evidence-Based Nursing
• RNAO: Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario: Nursing Best Practice Guidelines
• Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses
• Determinants of the Sustained Use of Research Evidence in Nursing
• Online learning modules from the National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (NCCMT):
  1. Introduction to Evidence-Informed Decision Making
  2. Critical Appraisal of Intervention Studies
• Welcome to Evidence-Based Practice: An Interprofessional Tutorial

Finding Information

Reports, Digests & Bulletins

• CATIE News bite-sized HIV/AIDS news bulletins
• Prevention in Focus: spotlight on programming and research
  CATIE's new prevention e-bulletin
• TreatmentUpdate CATIE's flagship treatment digest on cutting-edge developments in HIV/AIDS research and treatment
• Epidemiology of HIV from CATIE's prevention web section

Journals

• Directory of Open Access Journals
• International Journal of Nursing Practice

Databases/Collections

• EvidenceUPDATES Free registration required
• PubMed Central Canada
• Public Library of Science
• NCBI Bookshelf
• Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
• Cochrane Nursing Care Field (CNCF)

Research and searching: how to search for and assess information

• Fact Sheets from the International Council of Nursing
  1. What is nursing informatics?
  2. Nursing research: a tool for action
• Getting useable knowledge from research into your hands: Practical use of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
• Resource Highlight: PubMed Central Canada
• An Introduction to Pubmed Searching: A reference guide
• 6 steps to assess health information on the Web
• Boolean Searching on the Internet
• Expert Searching in Public Health
• List of resources from the Ontario Public Health Libraries Association

Practical guides for nursing practice

• Guide for HIV/AIDS Clinical Care
• Nursing Care of Patients with HIV/AIDS
• Best Practices: Optimal Care for HIV Outpatient Clinics in Ontario
• A Clinical Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care for HIV/AIDS
• The Body Pro
• Engaging with Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Primer for Physicians, Nurses, and Other Health Care Providers – The Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF)
• Harm Reduction and Currently Illegal Drugs: Implications for Nursing Policy, Practice, Education and Research

Post-exposure Prophylaxis

• Perinatal guidelines (American)
• Health Care Worker Exposure Guidelines (American)

Clinical practice guidelines

• Current Treatment Guidelines published by the US Department of Health and Human Services are available at http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/guidelines/

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Decisions about particular medical treatments should always be made in consultation with a qualified medical practitioner who is knowledgeable about HIV-related illness and the treatments in question. MORE