Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 4th Edition

• Helps students learn to read and understand research results as a foundation for evidence-based practice
• Easy writing style makes a potentially difficult subject accessible and enjoyable
• Explains how to search the literature and rank it according to the strength of its evidence
• Case studies, scenarios and exercises ‘bring the subject to life’
• Clearly explains the process of critical appraisal – quality of the study, interpretation of the results, and applicability of the findings to individual patients
• Explains the various means of applying data from population studies to the individual
• Offers practical advice on how to communicate risks and benefits to patients
• Contains a glossary of useful terms

• New editorship brings an international dimension to the content
• Includes a new chapter on mixed methods studies
• Expanded discussion of the evaluation of qualitative systematic reviews
• Updated information on the implementation of guidelines and the current role of evidence in healthcare organisational policy
• Now published in full colour throughout

1 Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing

2 How to ask the right question

3 Searching the literature

4 Using evidence from qualitative studies

5 Using evidence from quantitative studies

6 Using evidence from mixed methods studies

7 Using evidence from systematic reviews

8 Evidence-based guidelines

9 Using research evidence in making clinical decisions with individual patients

10 How can we develop an evidence-based culture?

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