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Anyone interested in nursing research should be familiar with the following excellent
websites available.
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) - www.aacn.org
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - www.ahrq.gov
major areas of healthcare research including quality improvement and patient safety, outcomes
and effectiveness or care, clinical practice and technology assessment. Its goal is to "build a
knowledge base for what works and doesn't work in health and healthcare and to translate this
knowledge into everyday practice and policymaking". This website is a goldmine of practical
information that will lead to changes in nursing best practices. It's colorful and easy to navigate.
Nursing Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) - http://ninr.nih.gov/ninr/
Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) - www.ons.org
The Cochrane Library - http://www.cochrane.org/
National Guideline ClearingHouse - www.guideline.gov
Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice (ACE) - www.acestar.uthscsa.edu/
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
websites available.
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) - www.aacn.org
- Contains a wealth of information about best practices and is a source for awards, grants, and
scholarships available for nursing research.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - www.ahrq.gov
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality defines itself as the "Health Services ARM of the
major areas of healthcare research including quality improvement and patient safety, outcomes
and effectiveness or care, clinical practice and technology assessment. Its goal is to "build a
knowledge base for what works and doesn't work in health and healthcare and to translate this
knowledge into everyday practice and policymaking". This website is a goldmine of practical
information that will lead to changes in nursing best practices. It's colorful and easy to navigate.
Nursing Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) - http://ninr.nih.gov/ninr/
- Nursing Institute of Nursing Research is one of over 25 institutes and centers making up the
national institutes of health. It was elevated to the status of an institute in 1993. Quite an honor
recognizing nursing's contribution to a body of scientific knowledge. NINR's annual budget has
grown to nearly $138 million which funds grants for clinical and basic research by institutions
and individuals as well as training programs in clinical research for nurses interested in
research as a career specialty. This website has a wealth of accurate and reliable information
for the clinical nurse.
Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) - www.ons.org
- Includes a link to international cancer research portfolio (ICRP) that allows users to search and
sort cancer research by type of cancer, area of research or funding organization. It also has a
research area that includes grant writing resources as well as a clinical practice area.
The Cochrane Library - http://www.cochrane.org/
- The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-
making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials,
and more. Cochrane reviews bring you the combined results of the world’s best medical
research studies, and are recognised as the gold standard in evidence-based health care.
National Guideline ClearingHouse - www.guideline.gov
- The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) is a comprehensive database of evidence-
based clinical practice guidelines and related documents. The NGC mission is to provide
physicians, nurses, and other health professionals, health care providers, health plans,
integrated delivery systems, purchasers and others an accessible mechanism for obtaining
objective, detailed information on clinical practice guidelines and to further their dissemination,
implementation and use.
Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice (ACE) - www.acestar.uthscsa.edu/
- The Academic Center for Evidence-Based Nursing (ACE) was established as a center of
excellence for The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in January 2000.
ACE is dedicated to bridging research into practice.
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
- the world's largest biomedical library
- supports a national network of local and regional medical libraries, as explained at http://www.
nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/nnlm.html - educates users about available sources of information so that they may conduct their own
research concerning medical topics - creates databases and databanks for your use
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