Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses

Citation Search Term (Limiter)

Fakhry, M., Hannah, G. B., Anderson, O., Holmes, A., & Nathwain, D.

(2012). Effectiveness of an audible reminder on hand hygiene

adherence. American Journal of Infection Control, 40, 320–323.

“audible reminder”

(title)

“hand hygiene” (title)

Huis, A., Schoonhoven, L., Grol, R., Donders, R., Hulscher, M., & van

Achterber, T. (2014). Impact of a team and leaders-directed strategy

to improve nurses’ adherence to hand hygiene guidelines: A cluster

randomized trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 50, 464–474.

Huis (author)

Donders (author)

Jackson, C., Lowton, K., & Griffiths, P. (2014). Infection prevention as “a

show”: A qualitative study of nurses’ infection prevention behaviours.

International Journal of Nursing Studies, 51, 400–408.

Jackson (author)

Lowton (author)

“International Journal

of Nursing Studies”

(publication name)

Johnson, L., Jrueber, S., Schlotzhauer, C., Phillips, E., Bullock, P.,

Basnett, J., & Hahn-Cover, K. (2014). A multifactorial action plan

improves hand hygiene adherence and significantly reduces central

line-associated bloodstream infections. American Journal of

Infection Control, 42, 1146–1151.

Johnson (author)

“multifactorial action

plan” (all fields)

Kingston, L., O’Connell, N. H., & Dunne, C. P. (2016). Hand hygiene-

related clinical trials reported since 2010: A systematic review.

Journal of Hospital Infection, 92, 309–320.

Kingston (author)

“systematic review”

2016 (publication date)

Whitby, M., & McLaws, M. (2007). Methodological difficulties in hand

hygiene research. Journal of Hospital Infection, 67, 194–195.

Whitby (author)

“methodological

difficulties” (title)

To retrieve these articles, you will need to sign into a database for nursing literature (i.e., CINAHL,

Proquest, PubMed). Once you have signed in, enter a search term in a blank box that appears.

Then, using the drop down menu, enter the limiter that is suggested for that search term. Here

is an example from CINAHL to show you how to enter the search terms and limiters for the first

article by Al-Hussami, Darawad, & Almhairat (2011).

When you obtain the article, it is helpful to save it as a PDF file. As you save each article, it is wise to

identify the file using the name of the first author followed by the year of publication. For example,

the first article could be saved as “Al-Hussami (2011).pdf.” Naming files in this manner will save you

time and frustration later when you want to find a particular article referenced in Apply What You

Have Learned. Continue this process for the remaining articles shown in the table.

The next task for the EBP committee members is to read and analyze each piece of evidence.

The EBP committee has decided to use a grid to organize and summarize the evidence so that

Apply What You Have Learned (continued)

126 CHAPTER 4 Finding Sources of Evidence