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Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice, Third Edition, International Edition Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/NPP, FAAN 978-1-4698-5573-8 • September 2014 • Softbound • 7” x 10” • 656 pp. • 50Tables 978-1-4511-9094-6 • North American Edition: Available in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands only

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 in Nursing & 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 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. Features • NEW! To improve accessibility, the authors now present information in a more conversational writing style. • NEW! Show your students the differences they can make by using the EBP process through two new features: Making EBP Real , which presents successful case stories in real world settings for each unit, and EBP Fast Facts , which highlight important points from each chapter. • NEW! Chapters on the role of a clinician’s expertise and patient preferences/values in making decisions about patient care (Ch. 7), leadership strategies for creating and sustaining EBP organizations (Ch. 11), and sparking innovation in EBP (Ch. 12). • NEW! The American Journal of Nursing EBP Step-by-Step Series , which provides a real-world example of the EBP process, has been added to the student resources, and a suggested curriculum strategy involving that series, plus guided lecture notes and sample syllabi, have been added to the instructor’s online resources. • NEW! Five new test questions per chapter enhance the online instructor test questions. • Encourage students to actively engage in evidence-based practice and accomplish goals through inspirational quotes and learning activities. • Help your students further develop evidence-based practice knowledge and skills through web alerts that direct them to helpful Internet resources. • Help your students master the content of the course with critical appraisal checklists, evaluation tables, and synthesis tables, available in the appendices and at the book’s companion web page.

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Table of Contents Unit 1: Steps Zero, One, Two: Getting Started Unit 2: Step Three: Critically Appraising Evidence Unit 3: Steps Four and Five: Moving From Evidence to Sustainable Practice Change Unit 4: Creating and Sustaining a Culture and Environment for Evidence-Based Practice Unit 5: Step Six: Disseminating Evidence and Evidence-Based Practice Implementation Outcomes Unit 6: Next Steps: Generating External Evidence and Writing Successful Funding Proposals Appendix A: Templates for Asking Clinical Questions Appendix B: Rapid Critical Appraisal Checklists Appendix C: Evaluation and Synthesis Tables Templates for Critical Appraisal Appendix D: Walking the Walk and Talking the Talk: An Appraisal Guide for Qualitative Evidence Appendix E: Example of a Health Policy Brief Appendix F: Example of a Press Release Appendix G: An Example of a Successful Media Dissemination Effort: Patient-Directed Music Intervention to Reduce Anxiety and Sedative Exposure in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilatory Support …Abridged to fit

Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice, Second Edition, Taiwan Edition

Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/NPP, FAAN 978-986-5998-33-2 • April 2013 • Softbound • 7” x 10”