Advancing Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare

**Selected for 2025 Doody's Core Titles® in Quality Improvement**<br> <br> Develop your skills to expertly conduct evidence-based practice (EBP) or quality improvement (QI) projects! <b>Advancing Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare, 2nd Edition,</b> is a straightforward yet comprehensive guide to planning, implementing, and evaluating EBP and QI projects to improve healthcare quality and outcomes. Building on the legacy built by Geri LoBiondo-Wood and Judi Haber, this edition is newly tailored to meet the goals and strategic priorities of a variety of healthcare settings, with the tenets of ANCC Magnet designation, JCAHO accreditation, and other current regulatory and quality standards integrated throughout. This edition features a new focus on both academic and practice settings, including content informed by recent guidance documents such as <i>The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education</i> (AACN, 2021), <i>Advancing Healthcare Transformation: A New Era for Academic Nursing</i> (AACN, 2016), and the principles of <i>Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity</i> (NASEM, 2021). Also new to this edition are 10 new chapters (including topics related to the impact of academic practice partners; nurse wellness; diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging; population health and innovation; new models of evidence-based practice; and more!) and an entirely new unit on Evidence-Based Practice Innovation in Healthcare. <ul> <li><b>NEW! Focus on both academic and practice settings</b> includes content informed by recent guidance documents such as <i>The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education</i> (AACN, 2021), <i>Advancing Healthcare Transformation: A New Era for Academic Nursing</i> (AACN, 2016), and the principles of <i>Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity</i> (NASEM, 2021)</li> <li><b>NEW! Ten additional chapters</b> cover topics related to the impact of academic practice partners; nurse wellness; diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging; population health and innovation; new models of evidence-based practice; and more - plus an entirely new <i>Evidence-Based Practice Innovation in Healthcare</i> unit</li> <li><b>NEW! Tailored content addresses the goals and strategic priorities of a variety of healthcare settings,</b> with the tenets of ANCC Magnet designation, JCAHO accreditation, and other current regulatory and quality standards integrated throughout</li> <li><b>UPDATED! Evidence-based practice (EBP) and quality improvement (QI) coverage</b> presents the most up-to-date thinking on processes and projects, as well as <b>examples and excerpts from high-quality, published EBP and QI projects</b></li> <li><b>Additional practice examples</b> help you prepare to apply key concepts to the practice setting</li> <li><b>Increased emphasis on need-to-know content</b> guides you through EBP and QI projects</li> <li><b>Contributions from 48 expert authors</b> from practice and academia share their expertise on the impact of EBP/QI/research on healthcare outcomes</li> <li><b>Straightforward yet comprehensive guidance</b> covers planning, implementation, and evaluation of EBP and QI projects to improve healthcare quality and outcomes</li> <li><b>Logical organization</b> begins with foundational content and then works through the processes of developing EBP and exploring clinical questions, implementing results, evaluating and disseminating information, and innovating in healthcare</li> </ul>