Library Guides: NURS 435: Evidence Based Assignment

General Rules for EBP Assignment

EBP assignment must have a minimum of seven pages (entire 7th page) and no longer than eight (8 pages). Note, do not count the title and reference pages in you total page count.
Write in complete sentences.
Use APA format. You must use first level headers.
Paraphrase! Do not use direct quotes. Remember, paraphrased content requires both in-text and reference page citations.
Use a minimum of five (5) peer reviewed sources. The articles can be research based or non-research based. They do not need to be American nursing journals. You can use international and medical journals.
Articles must be published within eight (8) years of assignment due date.
One (1) source must be nursing related.
One (1) source must be in opposition/alternative to your potential change. The other four sources should support your potential change.
National guidelines are acceptable for only one (1) of your sources. Examples included Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
No textbooks are allowed.
See Evidence Based Project Clarifications and EBP Grading Rubric for further details!

CINAHL Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Coverage of the literature in nursing and allied health care areas.
PubMed-Medline (with USC links) This link opens in a new window
Premier database to worldwide biomedical literature including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services.
Embase This link opens in a new window
Provides coverage of drug research (pharmacology, pharmaceutics, toxicology), with additional emphasis on basic biological and human research, health policy and management, biotechnology, and biomedical engineering.
Ovid Nursing Database This link opens in a new window
Index to over 100 journals published mainly by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins along with a nursing subset of Medline.
Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Indexes thousands of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. Also has cited reference searching and ways to refine and analyze your search results.

CINAHL Ultimate is a great place to start. Below the search boxes, you will see the option to limit to peer-reviewed journals. You can also limit the publication date to a specific month and year.
In PubMed, the option to limit by publication date is located on the left side the page. Under the Publication Date section, select Custom. Enter your allowed date ranges. Click Apply.
PubMed does not have filter for peer-reviewed. Remember, letters to the editors, commentary, book reviews, and news briefs are not peer-reviewed.
There are several ways to check if a journal is peer-reviewed.
- Check another databases. In CINAHL Ultimate, look above the search boxes for the Publications tab. In the Browsing box, enter the journal name. Locate your journal and click on the record. Look for the peer-reviewed line.
- Check the database Ulrich. In the database, enter the journal name and look for the peer-reviewed symbol.
- You can also check the journal's website.