1. Evidence-Based Practice Articles
Carol Lockhart September 2017

2. (Van Noord & Handler, 2017)

3. Here is an example of an Evidence-Based Practice article on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). To read the entire article go to: Example 2.pdf
(Simpson, E. & Jones, M.C., 2013.)

4. To Find EBP Articles You Can Use CINAHL
CINAHL stands for Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health. It is a database that contains nursing and allied health journal articles, indexing and abstracts. Some articles are not full text.
To Find CINAHL,Go to the Pickler Memorial
Library website at

5. Click on the Databases Tab

6. Choose Databases
A - Z

7. Choose “C” for CINAHL

9. This is the basic search screen for CINAHL. Skip it and go to the
Advanced Search screen.

10. This is the CINAHL Advanced Search screen. It has several
features that help in finding
EBP articles.

11. Here are the results of the search we did for
Evidence-Based Practice articles on COPD.
We limited them to the last 10 years. They are
also limited so that at least one author is a nurse.
This looks like a good article. It has PDF Full Text available online

12. go to: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cin20&AN=
I clicked on “PDF Full Text Online”. Here is the article. To read the entire article
go to:
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(Kirkpatrick, P., Wilson, E. & Wimpenny, P., 2012)

13. If you want this article you are probably going to have to order it on Interlibrary Loan. Click here to order it. It is free, but takes 3-5 days.

14. Click here to order the article. It comes to
your Truman .

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16. The computer puts in your name
and most of the bibliographic information.
If this is your first time placing an ILL request, you will get an introductory screen where you enter in your details (name, , status), otherwise you will go directly to the request form screen as shown.Then Submit.

17. Here is the EBP article that you found by searching CINAHL,
then ordering it through Interlibrary Loan. You opened it with your
Truman . To read the entire article go to:
EBP Example 1.pdf
(Savin, M. & Pendleton, L., 2010)

18. Sources used in this tutorial.
Kirkpatrick, P., Wilson, E., & Wimpenny, P. (2012). Research to support evidence-based practice in COPD community nursing. British Journal of Community Nursing, 17(10), Retrieved from .
Savin, M., & Pendleton, I. (2010). Taking care of myself: a self care management plan for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Foundation of Nursing Studies Developing Practice Improving Care Dissemination Series, 5(6), 1-4. Retrieved from Example 1.pdf .
Simpson, E., & Jones, M.C. (2013). An exploration of self-efficacy and self-management in COPD patients. British Journal of Nursing, 22(19), Retrieved from Example 2.pdf .
Van Noord, M., & Handler, L. (2017, July 10). Introduction to evidence-based practice. Retrieved from .

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