Evidence-based Practice in Nursing

<p>The <i>Evidence-Based Practice Manual</i> 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.</p><ul> <li>Helps students learn to read and understand research results as a foundation for evidence-based practice</li> <p> <li>Easy writing style makes a potentially difficult subject accessible and enjoyable</li> <p> <li>Explains how to search the literature and rank it according to the strength of its evidence</li> <p> <li>Case studies, scenarios and exercises 'bring the subject to life'</li> <p> <li>Clearly explains the process of critical appraisal - quality of the study, interpretation of the results, and applicability of the findings to individual patients</li> <p> <li>Explains the various means of applying data from population studies to the individual </li> <p> <li>Offers practical advice on how to communicate risks and benefits to patients </li> <p> <li>Contains a glossary of useful terms</li></ul><ul> <li>New editorship brings an international dimension to the content</li> <p> <li>Includes a new chapter on mixed methods studies</li> <p> <li>Expanded discussion of the evaluation of qualitative systematic reviews </li> <p> <li>Updated information on the implementation of guidelines and the current role of evidence in healthcare organisational policy </li> <p> <li>Now published in full colour throughout</li></ul>