title: Building evidence-based practice into the foundations of practice.
abstract: The Institute of Medicine asserts that evidence-based practice can become a reality because the tools to find the best evidence are available. However, teaching the naïve sophomore how to use these tools while ensuring that this first search experience is successful from both the student and the instructor standpoint is complex. The authors describe an assignment that ensures students will master the steps needed to locate quality evidence.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA. blazecka@pitt.edu
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blazeck
authors.forename: Mary Lou
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Klem
authors.forename: Thomas H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D009729:Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D013338:Students, Nursing; D014481:United States