Research Guides: Guide to Doing Library Research: Library Module for Nursing Resources: Finding Clinical Practice Guidelines

ECRI Guidelines Trust

ECRI Guidelines Trust is currently the best resource available to search widely for practice and clinical guidelines. You can create an account, search for guidelines, and see original documentation at this source. Additionally, ECRI outlines inclusion criteria that is required for a guideline to be included in the ECRI Guidelines Trust.

Finding Guidelines in Databases

PubMed

PubMed was developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). PubMed provides web access to bibliographic information, which is drawn primarily from MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, HealthSTAR, as well as publisher-Supplied citations.Steps to search for practice guidelines in PubMed: -Type the topic (such as a condition, symptom, or clinical procedure) in the search box. -Click on the "Limits" tab and check the box next to "Practice Guideline" under the section labeled "Type of Article".

CINAHL With Full Text

CINAHL is the online version of the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. It provides indexing for over 3,000 nursing, allied health, biomedical, and consumer health journals. Additional items indexed include nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals, and book chapters. Evidence Based Care Sheets and Quick Lessons are also included.Steps to search for practice guidelines in CINAHL: Type the topic (such as a condition, symptom, or clinical procedure) in the search box on the Advanced Search page. If you already know the name of the guideline, do a title search. Select "Practice Guidelines" from the "Publication Type" menu in the Advanced Search or Limits section.
Clinical Key
Clinical Key is a comprehensive online clinical information resource with textbooks, journals, drug information, practice guidelines, and other resources. Clinical Key includes guideline updates.Searching features in Clinical Key: Click on the "Practice Guidelines" menu in the top toolbar to search for guidelines Search by authoring organization, specialty, or topic.

Organizations That Produce Guidelines

1. National Institutes of Health (NIH)

2. American College of Physicians