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The RNAO Open library houses a curated collection of publications showcasing the impact of RNAO's Best-Practice Guideline (BPG) program. Explore publications demonstrating the real-world impact of RNAO's BPG program and how Best-Practice Spotlight Organizations are leading evidence-based change throughout Canada and around the world.

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Featured collection: International Journal of Nursing Sciences (IJNSS)

Displaying 1 - 25 of 60

2026

Detailing prevention recommendations from the RNAO best practice guideline - pressure injury management: risk assessment, prevention, and treatment, fourth edition

Publication: Canadian Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence

Authored by: Brenda Stade, Amy Burt, Nafsin Nizum, Lyndsay Howitt, Giulia Zucal, Corey Heerschap, Dimitri Beeckman

Collections: RNAO Publications

DOI: 10.63354/cjwoc.v1i3.16185

URL: https://cjwoc.ca/index.php/cjwoc/article/view/16185

2026

Developing a Best Practice Guideline for Clinical Practice in a Digital Health Environment: Systematic Reviews Based on the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation Approach

Publication: JMIR Nursing

Authored by: Lauren Bailey, Lyndsay Howitt, Nafsin Nizum, Christine Buchanan, Maureen Charlebois, Jennifer Yoon

Collections: RNAO Publications

DOI: 10.2196/74942

URL: https://nursing.jmir.org/2026/1/e74942

2025

Advancing Nurse Practitioner Integration in Health Systems: Contextualizing Porat-Dahlerbruch’s Taxonomy for Global Adaptation; Comment on “Development of a Taxonomy of Policy Interventions for Integrating Nurse Practitioners Into Health Systems”

Publication: International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Authored by: Doris Grinspun

Collections: RNAO Publications

DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.9398

URL: https://www.ijhpm.com/article_4820.html

2025

Best Practice Guideline Development Methods: An Integrated Approach Based on the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario's Methods

Authored by: Lyndsay Howitt, Amy Burt, Nafsin Nizum, Christine Buchanan, Michelle Rey, Doris Grinspun

Collections: RNAO Publications

DOI: 10.1002/gin2.70052

URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gin2.70052

2025

Leading change: developing, transforming and applying best practice guidelines for local use

Publication: Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine and Technology Assessment

Authored by: Xue-jing Li, Run-xi Tian, Xin-juan Wu, Doris Grinspun, Ning Gao, Xiao-yan Zhang, Liu Han, Yu-fang Hao

Collections: RNAO Publications

DOI: 10.26599/eCMTA.2025.9570008

URL: https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.26599/eCMTA.2025.9570008

2025

Leading the Way: Advancing Patient Advocacy Through People-Centred Care

Publication: Healthcare Management Forum

Authored by: Giulia Zucal, Nicole Graham, Michael Creek, Kateryna Metersky, Deborah Flores, Gladys Hui, Nafsin Nizum, Michelle Rey, Doris Grinspun

Collections: RNAO Publications

DOI: 10.1177/08404704251394564

URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/08404704251394564

2025

Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario’s (RNAO) Best Practice Guideline on Pain

Publication: Pain Management Nursing

Authored by: Courtney Braun, Lauren Bailey, Deborah Flores, Christine Buchanan, Nafsin Nizum

Collections: RNAO Publications

DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2025.07.017

URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1524904225002371

2025

The quality and applicability of clinical practice guidelines for falls prevention, assessment and management across the lifespan: A systematic review

Publication: International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances

Authored by: Amber Harnett, Lyndsay Howitt, Vithusa Kumarasamy, Christine Buchanan, Amy Burt, Nafsin Nizum, Shanoja Naik

Collections: RNAO Publications

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnsa.2025.100442

URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666142X2500147X

2024

Building capacity to lead: Development implementation and evaluation of a leadership and management education program for nurse leader-managers

Publication: Journal of Nursing Education and Practice

Authored by: Sue Bookey-Bassett, Heather Thomson, Janet Chee, Irmajean Bajnok, Victoria Miscio, Kim Cook, Donna Leybourne, Shanoja Naik

Collections: RNAO Publications

DOI: 10.5430/jnep.v15n3p44

URL: https://www.sciedupress.com/journal/index.php/jnep/article/view/26658

2024

Health Equity Consortium: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for Black, Indigenous, and 2SLGBTQIA+ Nurses

Publication: Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Authored by: Paul-André Gauthier, Shelley Evans, Victoria Guido, Angela Cooper Brathwaite, Dania Versailles, Daria Adèle Juüdi-Hope, Corsita Garraway, Tanya Costa, Grace Suva, Brenda Stade, Doris Grinspun

Collections: RNAO Publications, Chapter, Region, Interest Group or Task Force Publications

DOI: 10.1177/08445621241299999

URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08445621241299999

2024

Navigation Support during Transitions in Care for Persons with Complex Care Needs: A Systematic Review

Publication: Healthcare

Authored by: Lyndsay Howitt, Greeshma Jacob, Giulia Zucal, Judy Smith, Rhonda Crocker Ellacott, Shirlee Sharkey

Collections: RNAO Publications

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12181814

URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/12/18/1814

2024

RNAO’s artificial intelligence innovations: a novel strategy to advance evidence-based nursing practice

Publication: MedUNAB

Authored by: Shanoja Naik, Doris Grinspun

Collections: RNAO Publications

DOI: 10.29375/01237047.4633

URL: https://revistas.unab.edu.co/index.php/medunab/article/view/4633

2024

The use of artificial intelligence techniques in nursing data systems: scoping review

Publication: MedUNAB

Authored by: Shina Singla, Christina Medeiros, Shanoja Naik, Lyndsay Howitt, Doris Grinspun

Collections: RNAO Publications

DOI: 10.29375/01237047.4634

URL: https://revistas.unab.edu.co/index.php/medunab/article/view/4634

2023

Impact of implementing the pain best practice guideline in a long-term care home using the knowledge-to-action framework

Publication: MedUNAB

Authored by: Nikki Mann, Shanoja Naik, Shirley Viaje, Janet Chee, Doris Grinspun

Collections: BPSO Publications, RNAO Publications, Supporting Adults Who Anticipate or Live with an Ostomy, 2nd Ed.

DOI: 10.29375/01237047.4639

URL: https://revistas.unab.edu.co/index.php/medunab/article/view/4639

2023

Indicators to measure implementation and sustainability of nursing best practice guidelines: A mixed methods analysis

Publication: Heliyon

Authored by: Laura D. Aloisio, Nicole Graham, Doris Grinspun, Shanoja Naik, Mary Coughlin, Christina Medeiros, Heather McConnell, Anne Sales, Susan McNeill, Wilmer J. Santos, Janet E. Squires

Collections: BPSO Publications, RNAO Publications, Supporting Adults Who Anticipate or Live with an Ostomy, 2nd Ed.

DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19983

URL: https://www.cell.com/heliyon/abstract/S2405-8440(23)07191-8

2023

Red Champions Students: una estrategia de sostenibilidad de la Práctica Basada en la Evidencia en el currículo de Enfermería

Publication: MedUNAB

Authored by: Adriana Patricia Bonilla-Marciales, Danitza Irene López-Rojas

Collections: BPSO Publications, RNAO Publications, Supporting Adults Who Anticipate or Live with an Ostomy, 2nd Ed.

DOI: 10.29375/01237047.5031

URL: https://revistas.unab.edu.co/index.php/medunab/article/view/5031

2023

Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) best practice guideline on the assessment and management of vascular access devices

Publication: The Journal of Vascular Access

Authored by: Christine Buchanan, Amy Burt, Nancy Moureau, Darlene Murray, Nafsin Nizum

Collections: RNAO Publications

DOI: 10.1177/11297298231169468

URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/11297298231169468

2022

Advancing Optimal Care With Robust Clinical Practice Guidelines

Publication: Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice

Authored by: Ellen Fineout-Overholt, Shanoja Naik, Katherine Wallace

Collections: RNAO Publications

2022

Black nurses in action: A social movement to end racism and discrimination

Publication: Nursing Inquiry

Authored by: Angela Cooper Brathwaite, Dania Versailles, Daria A. Juüdi-Hope, Maurice Coppin, Keisha Jefferies, Renee Bradley, Racquel Campbell, Corsita T. Garraway, Ola A. T. Obewu, Cheryl LaRonde-Ogilvie, Dionne Sinclair, Brittany Groom, Harveer Punia, Doris Grinspun

Collections: RNAO Publications, Chapter, Region, Interest Group or Task Force Publications

DOI: 10.1111/nin.12482

2022

Exploring social movement concepts and actions in a knowledge uptake and sustainability context: A concept analysis

Publication: International Journal of Nursing Sciences

Authored by: Doris Grinspun, Katherine Wallace, Shelly-Anne Li, Susan McNeill, Janet Elaine Squires, Jesús Bujalance, Maryanne D’Arpino, Gina De Souza, Nataly Farshait, John Gabbay, Ian D. Graham, Alison Hutchinson, Kim Kinder, Celia Laur, Tina Mah, Julia E. Moore, Jennifer Plant, Jodi Ploquin, P. Jim A. Ruiter, Daphney St-Germain, Margie Sills-Maerov, May Tao, Marita Titler, Junqiang Zhao

Collections: RNAO Publications, Leading Change Toolkit, BPG methodology

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnss.2022.08.003

URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352013222000667

2022

Systematic review of ostomy care pathways

Publication: Advances in Skin & Wound Care

Authored by: Nafsin Nizum, Greeshma Jacob

Collections: RNAO Publications

DOI: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000823976.96962.b6

URL: https://journals.lww.com/10.1097/01.ASW.0000823976.96962.b6

2021

Predicted influences of artificial intelligence on nursing education: Scoping review