Promoting evidence-based nursing through journal club: an integrative review

Background: The journal club has been proposed as a tool to fill the gap between theory and practice using the essential components involved in medical processes and evidence-based practice in many literatures. Aim: The present research is an integrative review that combined the existing studies in the field of evidence-based nursing through a journal club. Methods: An integrative review was used to conduct the review. We searched the databases during 20102019 to find papers using the keywords journal club, nursing, evidence-based practice. The modified version of Cooper s five-stage integrative review was applied. Results: The results were presented in two sections of the benefits and challenges of nursing journal clubs and their Presentations guideline. In the end, a discussion was provided on the effectiveness of journal clubs in the promotion of evidence-based nursing. Conclusions: The purpose of the nursing journal club is to review existing literature, discuss the latest information and evidence and identify practical changes required to ultimately patient outcomes. Further studies are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of journal clubs in patient care.