Evidence-Based Practice

Due to unsafe construction conditions near the entrance of Forsyth Library, the Welcome Desk will be closed the first week of the Spring 2025 semester. From Tuesday, January 21 - Friday, January 24 from 11am – 4pm, laptops may be checked out from Custer Hall 304. Please contact Lacey Wegner at llwegner@fhsu.edu with any questions. 

The Welcome Desk will reopen in Forsyth Library on Monday, January 27, 2025 and will be open Monday-Friday 7:30am - 6pm. Enter through the northeast accessible door. For a full list of library hours visit: https://libcal.fhsu.edu/hours/

Due to renovation construction, there will be limited access to the library building beginning August 19, 2024.

• Use the northeast accessible entrance to reach the Welcome Desk or Special Collections & Archives. The Welcome Desk is open M - F 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Special Collections & Archives is available by appointment; contact Brian Gribben at b_gribben@fhsu.edu or call 785-628-5511.
• Check out technology and pick up books on hold or requested through Interlibrary Loan at the Welcome Desk. Instructions on how to place a hold are at the bottom of this box.  
• There are no study spaces or public restrooms available in Forsyth Library at this time. See other study spaces that are open late.
• Most Library staff and the Media Lab have moved to Custer Hall.
• Electronic resources, including databases, the Scholars Repository, and the Ask a Librarian research help service, remain accessible.
• For updates, check the Renovation Status Page on our website and follow our Renovation Blog.

"The practice of nursing in which the nurse makes clinical decisions on the basis of the best available, current research evidence, their own clinical expertise, and the needs and preferences of the patient."

~Evidence-based nursing. (2011). In W. Dorland, Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Health Sciences.

Text source: Melnyk, B.M., & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2011).  Evidence-based practice in nursing and healthcare: A guide to best practice. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

Using PICO to generate the question "Is acetaminophen or ibuprofen more effective at reducing fever in children?"