1. Option: use the linked tools in the key databases box on this page and employ some of these search strategies:
2. Use the PICO acronym to construct the basics of your question and identify key search words
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:
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
1. Option: use the linked tools in the key databases box on this page and employ some of these search strategies:
1. Option: use the linked tools in the key databases box on this page and employ some of these search strategies:
1. Option: use the linked tools in the key databases box on this page and employ some of these search strategies:
1. Option: use the linked tools in the key databases box on this page and employ some of these search strategies:
2. FIRST, use the PICO acronym to construct the basics of your question and identify key search words. Add those words to a database.
3. THEN, try adding the different strategies below
(these will help narrow your results, but you still need to look at individual articles/abstracts and assess if they are qualitative studies)