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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)

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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
2026
Older Adults' Experience of Person- and Family-Centered Care During the Discharge Planning Phase From Hospital to Home
Publication: Home Healthcare Now
Authored by: Julie Schmidt, Irene Ngu, Kathy Alarcon, Alexa Hartley, Patrick Clifford, Celina Carter
Collections: BPSO Publications
DOI: 10.1097/NHH.0000000000001421
2026
Preventing falls and reducing injury from falls at a tertiary hospital in China: a best practice implementation project
Publication: JBI evidence implementation
Authored by: Zhenhui Tao, Dan Zhu, Bei Li, Lucylynn Lizarondo, Alexa McArthur, Jingwen Meng, Dong Pang, Jun Liu, Yue Zhao, Xiang Chen, Mengyun Yang, Chenchen Zhao, Mi Zhao, Qiaohong Wang, Ziye Huang, Meng Zhou, Rui Lian
Collections: BPSO Publications
DOI: 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000558
2025
A comparative study of antimicrobial prescribing practices for common infectious syndromes among physicians and nurse practitioners in a safety-net hospital
Publication: Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology: ASHE
Authored by: Aakash Balaji, Jessica Hua, Ben Pomerantz, Alfredo J. Mena Lora
Collections: NP Effectiveness 2025
DOI: 10.1017/ash.2025.10058
2025
A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve First-Case On-Time Starts for Elective Surgeries
Publication: Journal of Doctoral Nursing Practice
Authored by: Elvira L. Nguelewou, Robin M. Lawson
Collections: NP Effectiveness 2025
DOI: 10.1891/JDNP-2024-0008
2025
A quality improvement project targeting postoperative hospital revisit rates after pediatric appendicitis
Publication: Canadian Journal of Surgery
Authored by: Emily Walser, Jacob Davidson, Robin Wigen, Claire A. Wilson, Natashia M. Seemann, Jennifer Y. Lam
Collections: NP Effectiveness 2025
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.009024
URL: http://www.canjsurg.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cjs.009024
2025
Advance Directives for Adolescents and Young Adults Living With Neuromuscular Disease: A Nurse Practitioner-Driven Intervention
Publication: Journal of hospice and palliative nursing: JHPN: the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
Authored by: Vanessa Battista, Deborah J. Baker, Tara Trimarchi, Sarah Stoney, Rita D'Aoust
Collections: NP Effectiveness 2025
DOI: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000001086
2025
An innovative nurse practitioner-led service for children from families living in housing instability
Publication: Primary Health Care Research & Development
Authored by: Alicia Bell, Yvonne K. Parry, Matthew Ankers, Nina Sivertsen, Eileen Willis, Sally Kendall, Huahua Yin
Collections: NP Effectiveness 2025
DOI: 10.1017/S1463423625000118
2025
Assessing perceptions of patient-centered care during telehealth visits provided via rural county Extension offices: an implementation pilot study
Publication: mHealth
Authored by: Melissa J. Vilaro, Valeria Westring, Anna Hooks, Catucha Morand, Tyler Jordan-Black, William T. Donahoo, Ramzi G. Salloum, Maryam Sattari, Lisa Scarton, Thomas J. George, Halie Corbitt, Imaan Bashir, LaToya J. O’Neal
Collections: NP Effectiveness 2025
DOI: 10.21037/mhealth-24-47
URL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11811651/
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
Case management of a patient with botulism by an intensive care nurse practitioner team
Publication: Australian Critical Care: Official Journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses
Authored by: Katie Kelleway, Brett Mace, Jessica Butler, Sarah Webb, Kelly Harbour, Rosalind Elliott
Collections: NP Effectiveness 2025
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2025.101291
2025
CoCare-CI: A Clinical Innovation to Address Behavioral Symptoms in Hospitalized Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment
Publication: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Authored by: David H. Lynch, Elizabeth R. Houston, Anna L. Andrews, Kimberly J. Mournighan, Willow F. Butler, John A. Batsis, Joshua D. Niznik, Jennifer Leeman, Laura C. Hanson
Collections: NP Effectiveness 2025
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.19479
2025
Compliance and Performance of Hand Hygiene in Dutch General Practice Offices Using Electronic Dispensers
Publication: Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
Authored by: Nataliya Hilt, Matthijs S. Berends, Mariëtte Lokate, Bert Tent, Andreas Voss
Collections: NP Effectiveness 2025
DOI: 10.1177/21501319251334218
2025
Do Nurse Practitioners Deliver? A Retrospective Self-audit Comparing Nurse Practitioner Care for People With HIV in Australia to Screening and Monitoring Guidelines
Publication: Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Authored by: Shannon Woodward, Donna Tilley, Adam Spinks, El Thompson, Danielle Collins
Collections: NP Effectiveness 2025
DOI: 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000523
URL: https://journals.lww.com/10.1097/JNC.0000000000000523
2025
Effect of interdisciplinary obesity care on metabolic markers and body weight in people with type 2 diabetes in a rural setting: A randomised controlled trial
Publication: Clinical Obesity
Authored by: Giuliana O. Murfet, Iain K. Robertson, Sharon P. Luccisano, Michelle L. Kilpatrick
Collections: NP Effectiveness 2025
DOI: 10.1111/cob.12715
URL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11907095/
2025
Effectiveness of a nurse practitioner-led collaborative health care model on self-care, functional status, rehospitalization and medical costs in heart failure patients: A randomized controlled trial
Publication: International Journal of Nursing Studies
Authored by: Chih-Wen Chen, Tsae-Jyy Wang, Chieh-Yu Liu, Yeu-Hui Chuang, Ching-Chuan Su, Shu-Fang Vivienne Wu
Collections: NP Effectiveness 2025
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2024.104980
URL: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0020748924002931
2025
Facilitating and impediment factors in the application of the "Fall Prevention and Fall Injury Reduction" guideline
Publication: International Journal of Nursing
Authored by: Wang Lu, Vermilion cedar, Mao Pan, Bai Wenhui, Hitachi, Lu Junying
Collections: BPSO Publications
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn221370-20230711-00008
URL: https://rs.yiigle.com/cmaid/1529167
2025
Facilitating Care for Individuals With Complex Medical and Social Needs Through the Nurse Practitioner‐Dentist Integrated Practice Model
Publication: Special Care in Dentistry
Authored by: Elizabeth Alpert, Tara Zhou, Claudia C. Guillen, Michael Friedman, Jane Barrow
Collections: NP Effectiveness 2025
DOI: 10.1111/scd.70059
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/scd.70059
2025
Impact of Nurse Practitioners on Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy at Discharge on Patients with Recent Acute Coronary Syndrome after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Publication: The Heart Surgery Forum
Authored by: Amale Ghandour, Hugo Langlois, Geneviève Lavigne, François-Adrien Duvauchelle, Luc-Étienne Boudrias, Amanda Normand, Ranuka Sivanathan, Millie Firmin, Alain Biron, Dominique Shum-Tim
Collections: NP Effectiveness 2025
DOI: 10.59958/hsf.8109
URL: https://journal.hsforum.com/index.php/HSF/article/view/8109