Index 321NGC (National Guideline
Clearinghouse), 80, 90–91, 147–148
Physiotherapy Evidence Database, 87
PsycINFO, 86
PubMed, 80–81, 84–85, 87–90, 94
PubMed Central Homepage, 90
PubMed Health, 90–91
RePORTER: Research Portfolio Online
Reporting Tool, 90–91
TRIP (Turning Research into Practice)
Database, 90–91
USPSTF (US Preventive Services Task
Force), 90, 92
Virginia Henderson International
Nursing Library, 90–91
summarizing, 51, 80–81
Synthesis Process and Recommendations
Tool, 51–52, 54, 140, 254–256,
301–307
types, 18–19
Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM), 90
evidence-based practice. See EBP
evidence-based practice, environment. See
EBP environment
Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs), 99
evidence reports. See systematic reviews
Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE), 81
Exemplary Professional Practice component,
Magnet Model, ANCC, 39, 41
experimental research studies, 104–106, 130,
132–133
Expertise in Practice Project, 159
expert opinions, 156–157
explanatory designs for research studies, 105
external validity measurements, 126
F
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of
Adelaide, South Australia, 86
financial evaluations, 155–156
foreground questions, 48, 72–74, 76
forest plots, 101–102
From Novice to Expert: Excellence and
Power in Clinical Nursing Practice, 21
The Future of Nursing: Leading Change,
Advancing Health, 188G
George Institute for Global Health, 87
Google Scholar, 90, 92
grading quality of research evidence, 131–132
experimental studies, 130, 132–133
meta-analyses, 132
meta-syntheses, 130, 135–136
nonexperimental studies, 134–135
qualitative studies, 130, 134–135
quantitative studies, 130, 134–135
quasi-experimental studies, 130, 134
Grady, Dr. Patricia A., 3
grounded formal theory meta-synthesis
method, 103, 105H
HaPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments),
86–87
HCUP (Healthcare Cost and Utilization
Project), 81
Health Business FullText, 81
Health Professions Education: A Bridge to
Quality, 188
HRSA (Health Resources and Services
Administration), 209