The Joanna Briggs Institute is a global organization supporting evidence based healthcare. Begun in Australia, it now has centers around the world including many in the USA. Evidence assessment reports for nursing and healthcare from the Joanna Briggs Institute are listed in both PubMed and CINAHL as “JBI Database of Systematic Reviews & Implementation Reports.”
To see Evidence Based Recommended Practices, Evidence Summaries, Best Practice Information Sheets, Systematic Reviews, Consumer Information Sheets, Systematic Review Protocols, and Technical Reports:
- Type in a topic such as surgical site infections, teach-back or re-admissions in the search box
- To save or print the full article, click on JBI Database PDF at the right edge of the document reference or email click “Email Jumpstart” to email the article’s link.
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