Evidence-based Resources

• Practice Alerts
  Practice alerts are succinct, dynamic directives from AACN that are supported by authoritative evidence to ensure excellence in practice and a safe and humane work environment.

• Searching for Evidence Toolkit
  Here are some tools to help you find and evaluate evidence.

• Clinical Focus
  A knowledge portal for clinical topics of interest to acute and critical care nurses.

• Protocols for Practice
  Protocols for Practice provide bedside clinicians with the latest patient-care research findings. Available for purchase in the AACN Marketplace.

• Procedure Manual
  The AACN Procedure Manual for Critical Care offers comprehensive coverage of procedures unique to the critical care environment.

• Thunder Studies
  AACN's Thunder Project® was conceptualized and developed to provide critical care nurses with a research protocol ready for institutional review and implementation.

• Ethical Foundations for Critical Care Nursing Research
  A guideline for critical care nurses discusses considerations for conducting research with critically ill and injured patients and/or caring for them at the bedside.