Archer Library: Nursing: Answering Clinical Questions

Evidence Summaries

NICE (National Institute for Healthcare and Excellence)
Access to authoritative clinical evidence and practice. Includes Clinical Knowledge Summaries, NICE Pathways, guides, standard indicators and NHS Evidence.

CPG Infobase
Public database of practice guidelines maintained by the Canadian Medical Association and endorsed in Canada by national, provincial, or territorial medical/health organizations or government agencies.
NICE Evidence Search
A collection based on the guidelines produced by NICE and other national agencies. The main focus is on guidelines produced in the UK, but selected guidelines from other countries are included.

Selected Nursing Practice Guidelines

Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario
Has guidelines covering five broad clinical areas: Gerontology, Primary Health Care, Home Health Care, Mental Health Care and Emergency Care – some of these are available in French.
RNAO Implementation Resources

Selected Associations with Guidelines

Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library is a unique source of reliable and up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in health care. Health care in the 21st century relies not only on individual medical skills, but also on the best information on the effectiveness of each intervention being accessible to practitioners, patients and policy makers. This approach is sometimes known as "evidence-based medicine". The Cochrane Library is designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care. The Cochrane Library is a collection of seven separate databases. Five of these provide coverage of evidence-based medicine, and the other two provide information on research methodology.

Knowledge Translation Evidence-Based Medicine Toolbox
Formerly KT Clearinghouse. Contains resources including Critical Appraisal Worksheets, Clinical Questions, Educational Prescriptions, Self-Evaluations, Pocket Cards, EBM Calculators, and more.
PubMed Clinical Queries

TRIP Database
From the UK, this database is designed to find and use high quality clinical research evidence.
ACCESSS Smart Search
From McMaster Plus, this database is designed to find the best evidence-based answer to clinical questions by simultaneously searching the leading evidence-driven medical publications and high quality clinical literature.
Epistemonikos
Lists systematic reviews in different health topics.

Natural Medicines
Formerly Natural Standard and Natural Medicines Comprehensive.
Clinical information on over 1,000 individual natural ingredients. An evidence-based resource providing a comprehensive listing of natural medicine brand name product ingredients and encyclopedic entries with extensive references. Cited references are linked to PubMed abstracts when available.

BMJ Journals Online
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A collection of 24 British Medical Association (BMA) electronic journals covering a broad range of medical topics. Includes 22 titles from the BMJ Journals Online Collection and open access BMJ and Clinical Evidence.

CPS (formerly RxTx)
Formerly e-Therapeutics, then RxTx. This resource integrates content from CPhA's Therapeutic Choices and e-CPS, and is augmented by range of external references to create a centralized resource for drug therapy information. Content is updated and reviewed continually. It is augmented by a wide and continuously growing range of external references to create a centralized drug resource for drug therapy information.
For access to the app, please visit CPS Mobile App.

Drug Product Database
Product specific information on drugs approved for use in Canada
RxFiles
An app is available for iPhone or iPad through iTunes ($45/year).
medSask
Excellent source of relevant and timely information related to prescription therapy.
Saskatchewan Drug Formulary
Online list of drugs covered by the Drug Plan, information and forms, plus downloadable Formulary information.