Research Guides: NURS 2221 (Term 5): Evidence-Based Practice Paper: Home

This is a guide to help you find and appraise articles for your NURS 2221 evidence-based practice paper. Your group needs to identify a burning nursing/health clinical practice question, develop the PICOT question, and then find, select, appraise, critique and synthesize relevant research. Preferentially you are looking for articles/reviews/systematic reviews based on quantitative, interventional studies.

Help with critical appraisal of quantitative research

Quantitative research methods focus on collecting numerical data that can be analyzed using numbers, statistics or logic to derive meaning. Quantitative research designs are either descriptive or experimental. For more information, consult the research methods and critical appraisal sources listed below.

Books and e-books:

LoBiondo-Wood and Haber's Nursing Research in Canada (2022, 5th ed, print book)
Written by a team of educators and research experts from Canada and the US, this text features research examples that reflect current Canadian studies, fresh vignettes, easy-to-use navigation tools, enhanced readability, and well-balanced coverage of both qualitative and quantitative research methods. A glossary of key terms at the end of the book gives students quick access to key terms.

How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine (2014, 5th ed, eBook)
Explains what to look for in different types of papers and how best to evaluate the literature and then implement the findings in an evidence-based, patient-centred way.

Journal articles: