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Evidence-BasedPractice inNursing&Healthcare:
AGuidetoBestPractice,ThirdEdition, International Edition
BernadetteMelnyk,PhD,RN,CPNP/NPP, FAAN
978-1-4698-5573-8 • September2014 • Softbound • 7” x10” •656pp. •50Tables
Develop the skills and knowledge you need to make evidence-
based practice an integral part of your clinical decision making and
everyday nursing practice with
Evidence-Based Practice inNursing
& Healthcare
. Written in a friendly, conversational style, this
Third Edition of the authors’ gold standard textbook covers all the
information you need to use evidence-based practice to improve
patient outcomes. Real world examples andmeaningful strategies in
every chapter show you how to take a clinical issue from inquiry to a
sustainable solution that drives apreferred standardof care.
Features
•
NEW!
To improveaccessibility, theauthors nowpresent
information inamore conversationalwriting style.
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Showyour students thedifferences they canmakebyusing
theEBPprocess through twonew features:
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,which
presents successful case stories in realworld settings for eachunit,
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chapter.
•
NEW! Chapters
on the roleof a clinician’s expertiseandpatient
preferences/values inmakingdecisions about patient care (Ch. 7),
leadership strategies for creatingand sustainingEBPorganizations
(Ch. 11), and sparking innovation inEBP (Ch. 12).
•
NEW!
The
American JournalofNursing
EBPStep-by-StepSeries
,
whichprovides a real-worldexampleof theEBPprocess, has
beenadded to the student resources, anda suggested curriculum
strategy involving that series, plus guided lecturenotes and sample
syllabi, havebeenadded to the instructor’sonline resources.
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• Encourage students toactivelyengage inevidence-basedpractice
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knowledgeand skills throughwebalerts thatdirect them tohelpful
Internet resources.
• Helpyour studentsmaster the contentof the coursewith critical
appraisal checklists, evaluation tables, and synthesis tables,
available in theappendices andat thebook’s companionwebpage.
Table of Contents
Unit1:
StepsZero,One,Two:Getting
Started
Unit2:
StepThree:Critically
AppraisingEvidence
Unit3:
Steps Four andFive:Moving
FromEvidence toSustainablePractice
Change
Unit4:
CreatingandSustaining
aCultureandEnvironment for
Evidence-BasedPractice
Unit5:
StepSix: Disseminating
EvidenceandEvidence-BasedPractice
ImplementationOutcomes
Unit6:
NextSteps:Generating
External EvidenceandWriting
Successful FundingProposals
AppendixA:
Templates forAsking
ClinicalQuestions
AppendixB:
RapidCriticalAppraisal
Checklists
AppendixC:
EvaluationandSynthesis
TablesTemplates forCriticalAppraisal
AppendixD:
Walking theWalkand
Talking theTalk:AnAppraisalGuide
forQualitativeEvidence
AppendixE:
Exampleof aHealth
PolicyBrief
AppendixF:
Exampleof aPress
Release
AppendixG:
AnExampleof a
SuccessfulMediaDissemination
Effort: Patient-DirectedMusic
Intervention toReduceAnxiety
andSedativeExposure inCritically
Ill PatientsReceivingMechanical
VentilatorySupport
…Abridged tofit
Evidence-BasedPractice inNursing&Healthcare:
AGuide toBestPractice,SecondEdition,
TaiwanEdition
BernadetteMazurekMelnyk,PhD,RN,CPNP/PMHNP, FNAP
978-986-5998-33-2 •April 2013 • Softbound • 7” x10”
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