Evidence-Based Care Sheets in CINAHL
Evidence-Based Care Sheets (ECBS) are summaries on specific diseases and conditions, as well as the best treatment options. Each sheet incorporates the latest evidence, statistics, research, and references on a given topic. The references are ranked, using a coding matrix, according to the type of literature they represent (systematic reviews, meta-analyses, etc.)
While Evidence-Based Care Sheets are written, edited, and reviewed by RNs and MDs, they are not considered to be journal articles. Use the sheets for background information and helpful references.
Accessing Evidence-Based Care Sheets
Click on the link below to open CINAHL Complete in a new brower window:
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CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new windowAn expanded version of the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health. Provides citations and abstracts for over 5,400 nursing journals, as well as books, conferences, software, and audiovisual material. Provides the full text for over 1,300 of those journals.
To access the Evidence-Based Care Sheets, you will first have to search on a disease or a treatment option.
If CINAHL Complete has any Evidence-Based Care Sheets, they will be found under "Evidence-based care sheets" below the filter options..
Some diseases or treatment options may have more than one Evidence-Based Care Sheet.
You can browse the Evidence-Based Care Sheets by using the Publication Type filter in the Advanced Search.
Scroll back up to the search fields. Leave the search boxes empty. Click on the Search button to retrieve all of the Evidence-Based Care Sheets.
Evidence-Based Care Sheets show the most recently updated topics first.
You can either click on the title of the sheet or on Online Full Text to view the sheet.
Clicking on the title will bring up information about the Evidence-Based Care Sheet. You can click on Online Full Text to view the sheet online. You can also click on Download to download the sheet to your device.
All evidence-based care sheets have an online full text version available. You can also download the sheet to your device.
Each evidence-based care sheet is two pages long. It offers a summary of "What We Know" and a paragraph on "What We Can Do."