How do I determine the level of evidence of an article?
Nursing students frequently look for articles that use evidence based practice (EBP).
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The key to determining EBP (evidence based practice) is examining the type of research that was done by the authors of the article you're reviewing. Here are some helpful guides that have been created by other academic institutions:
- This chart, from Cornell, shows you how to identify a primary or empirical research article http://guides.library.cornell.
edu/c.php?g=293669&p=2004549 - Winona State has a helpful page: https://libguides.winona.edu/ebptoolkit/EBP
- University of Texas Health, San Antonio's guide: https://libguides.uthscsa.edu/ebp_Resources
- https://ascensionwi17.tdnetdiscover.com/pages/8275/evidencebased_practice
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