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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek, author.

Fineout-Overholt, Ellen, author.

Contributor:

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evidence-based nursing.

Evidence-based medicine.

Evidence-Based Nursing--methods.

Nurse Clinicians.

Medical Subjects:

Evidence-Based Nursing--methods.

Nurse Clinicians.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 625 pages ; 26 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Other Title:

Evidence-based practice in nursing and healthcare

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, [2015]

Summary:

Make evidence-based practice an integral part of your everyday nursing practice. Written in a friendly, conversational style, the Third Edition of Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare covers everything you need to use evidence-based practice to improve patient outcomes. Real-world examples and meaningful strategies in every chapter demonstrate how to take a clinical issue from initial inquiry to a sustainable solution that drives a preferred standard of care. Authors Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk and Ellen Fineout-Overholt continue to help all clinicians, no matter their healthcare role, to accelerate the translation of research findings into practice and the use of practice data to ultimately improve care and outcomes. Key Features of This Edition: Making EBP Real features at the end of each unit present successful case stories in real-world settings that emphasize salient content, EBP Fast Facts highlight important points from each chapter. Critical appraisal checklists, evaluation tables, and synthesis tables help students master key concepts. New chapters provide insights on leadership and sparking innovation in EBP. Web alerts direct students to helpful online resources to further develop evidence-based practice knowledge and skills. Inspirational quotes encourage students to actively engage in evidence-based practice and accomplish personal goals. A free package of instructor and student ancillaries including the American Journal of Nursing EBP Step-by-Step series and a revised Test Generator is available at http://thepoint.lww.com/Melnyk3e. Book jacket.

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.

Notes:

Preceded by: Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Ellen Fineout-Overholt. 2nd ed. c2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781451190946

1451190948

9781469855738

1469855739

OCLC:

881019548