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Author Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek, author

Title Evidence-based practice in nursing and healthcare : a guide to best practice / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Ellen Fineout-Overholt
Edition Third edition
Published Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, [2015]

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Description xxvi, 625 pages ; 26 cm
regular print
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
Summary "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 drives a preferred standard of care." -- Publisher
Notes Preceded by: Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Ellen Fineout-Overholt. 2nd ed. c2011
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Audience Postgraduate
Subject Evidence-based nursing -- Methods -- Practice Guideline
Evidence-based nursing -- Methods.
Evidence-based medicine.
Evidence-based nursing.
Nurse practitioners -- Practice Guideline
Nurses -- Training of.
Evidence-Based Nursing -- methods.
Nurse Clinicians.
Genre/Form Practice Guideline.
Author Fineout-Overholt, Ellen, author
LC no. 2014021179
ISBN 9781451190946 (paperback)
Other Titles Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare
Evidence-based practice in nursing and healthcare