The Evidence-Based Practice Manual for Nurses - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 4th Edition

by Jean V. Craig, PhD, MSc, RSCN, RGN and Dawn Dowding, PhD, RN, FAAN

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ISBN: 9780702070471

Publication Date: 11-08-2019

Page Count: 272

Imprint: Elsevier

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The Evidence-Based Practice Manual successfully breaks down the skills required for evidence-based nursing into manageable components. The reader will learn how to find, critically read and interpret a range of research studies, and will discover optimal approaches towards helping patients reach decisions that are informed by the best-available evidence. The more-strategic concepts of developing an organisational evidence-based culture and making evidence-based changes at the organisational level are addressed in the final chapter. This popular book comes with helpful online exercises including NCLEX questions for the US readership.

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Key Features
- 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
Contents

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?
Authors

Jean V. Craig, PhD, MSc, RSCN, RGN, Research Advisor, NIHR Research Design Service for the East of England (Norfolk and Suffolk), Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK and Dawn Dowding, PhD, RN, FAAN, Chair in Clinical Decision-Making, Division of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work, The University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester, UK
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