AGACNP & FNP Acceptable References Essay

Rationale: As future providers, one wants to follow the evidenced-based practice that is accepted by regulatory authorities. The authorities and peer-reviewed journals have the input of many professionals and not just one provider’s opinion. As a provider, you want your care substantiated with best practices and published treatment plans and protocols to withstand your defense with other providers and a lawsuit.

Examples of these authorities include, but not limited to:

ACOG, AADE, ADA, American College of Surgeons, etc.

Acceptable Resources

Unacceptable resources

· Textbooks used in your courses

· Peer-reviewed journal articles:

· New England Journal of Medicine

· Diabetes Educator

· Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners

· UpToDate with an author

· Epocrates – Drug information only

· WebMD

· Emedicine.com

· Dynamed

· Stat pearls

· Medscape

· No blogs

· Educational tools for patients

· Mayo and Cleveland Clinic – opinions, not evidence,

· Materials aimed at the “lay” person

How to locate adequate resources that are peer-reviewed:

· https://scholar.google.com/

· Link your computer to the GCU library

Library resources/education links:

· Library Walkthrough Tutorial:

· https://lc.gcumedia.com/mediaElements/library-walk-through-tutorial/v2.1/

· Nursing & Health Sciences Research Guide:

· https://libguides.gcu.edu/Nursing

· Nursing Webinar:

· https://libguides.gcu.edu/webinars

· Appointments with a librarian:

· Phone Local 602.639.6641

· Email: https://library.gcu.edu/AskALibrarian

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