Find Clinical Guidelines

1. Option: use the "Clinical Guidelines" links in the key databases box on this page to search for clinical guidelines using some of these search strategies:

• search for a specific topic
• search with this word: nursing
• if provided, use "nursing" limiter or filter tools
• search for guidelines published by nursing associations or organizations

2. Option: conduct an internet search using this formula: nursing "clinical guidelines" "your topic"

example: nursing "clinical guidelines" "wound management"
note that you will need to determine if the guidelines are evidence-based

Find RCTs (randomized controlled trials)

1. Option: use the linked tools in the key databases box on this page and employ some of these search strategies:

• use the PICO acronym to construct the basics of your question and identify key search words

Find Controlled Trials Without Randomization (quasi-experimental studies)

1. Option: use the linked tools in the key databases box on this page and employ some of these search strategies:

• use the PICO acronym to construct the basics of your question and identify key search words

Find Cohort, Case Control, Cross-Sectional, Case Studies (non-experimental studies)

1. Option: use the linked tools in the key databases box on this page and employ some of these search strategies:

• use the PICO acronym to construct the basics of your question and identify key search words

Find Qualitative Studies

1. Option: use the linked tools in the key databases box on this page and employ some of these search strategies:

• use the PICO acronym to construct the basics of your question and identify key search words