Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare : a guide to best practice / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Ellen Fineout-Overholt.

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"Written in a friendly, conversational style, this textbook covers all the information you need to use evidence-based practice to improve patient outcomes. Real world examples and meaningful strategies in every chapter show you how to take a clinical issue from inquiry to a sustainable solution that...

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Main Authors: Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek (Author)
Fineout-Overholt, Ellen (Author)
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, [2015]
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Evidence-based nursing.
Evidence-based medicine.
Evidence-Based Nursing > methods.
Nurse Clinicians.
Evidence-based practice.
Verpleegkunde.
Geneeskunde.
Practice Guideline.
Genre:
Practice Guideline.
Physical Description:xxvi, 625 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Variant Title:
Evidence-based practice in nursing and healthcare
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Making the case for evidence-based practice and cultivating a spirit of inquiry
  • Asking compelling, clinical questions
  • Finding relevant evidence to answer clinical questions
  • Critically appraising knowledge for clinical decision making
  • Critically appraising quantitative evidence for clinical decision making
  • Critically appraising qualitative evidence for clinical decision making
  • Integration of patient preferences and values and clinician expertise into evidence-based decision making
  • Advancing optimal care with rigorously developed clinical practice guidelines and evidence-based recommendations
  • Implementing evidence in clinical settings
  • The role of outcomes and quality improvement in enhancing and evaluating practice changes
  • Leadership strategies and evidence-based practice competencies to sustain a culture and environment that supports best practice
  • Innovation and evidence: a partnership in advancing best practice and high quality care
  • Models to guide implementation and sustainability of evidence-based practice
  • Creating a vision and motivating a change to evidence-based practice in individuals, teams, and organizations
  • Teaching evidence-based practice in academic settings
  • Teaching evidence-based practice in clinical settings
  • ARCC evidence-based practice mentors : the key to sustaining evidence-based practice
  • Disseminating evidence through publications, presentations, health policy briefs, and the media
  • Generating evidence through quantitative research
  • Generating evidence through qualitative research
  • Writing a successful grant proposal to fund research and evidence-based practice implementation projects
  • Ethical considerations for evidence implementation and evidence generation.