Description
Book SynopsisOffers thorough explanations of the importance of evidence-based practice, with a unique, global perspective that emphasizes the use of models and theories. Includes guidance on how to implement the evidence-based process into practice, and coverage of evidence-based practice for multiple clinical areas.
Table of Contents
- UNIT I: Background and Context: What is Evidence-Based Practice and Who Cares?
- Chapter 1: Professional Nursing and Evidence-Based Theory
- Chapter 2: Elements of Evidence-Based Practice
- Chapter 3: Global Perspectives and Borderless Knowledge
- UNIT II: Models for Evidence-Based Practice
- Chapter 4: Why Bother With Theory?
- Chapter 5: A Sampler of Conceptual Frameworks and Models
- Chapter 6: Common Principles
- UNIT III: How to Do Evidence-Based Practice
- Chapter 7: Overview of the Evidence-Based Practice Process
- Chapter 8: Ask and Assess: Questioning
- Chapter 9: Acquire and Diagnose: Linking the Problem with Finding Best Sources of Evidence
- Chapter 10: Appraise and Plan I: All Evidence Is Not Created Equal
- Chapter 11: Appraise and Plan II: Pre-Appraised and Synthetic Sources of Evidence
- Chapter 12: Apply and Implement I: Decision Making and Integrating Preference and Clinical Expertise
- Chapter 13: Apply and Implement II: Individual Nurse Implementation
- Chapter 14: Apply and Implement III: Nursing Systems of Evidence Implementation
- Chapter 15: Apply and Implement IV: National and International Systems of Evidence Implementation
- Chapter 16: Assess and Evaluate: Outcome Measurement and Revision of Plan
- UNIT IV: Putting It All Together
- Chapter 17: Medical-Surgical Nursing
- Chapter 18: Maternal Health Nursing
- Chapter 19: Nursing Care of Children
- Chapter 20: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
- Chapter 21: Nursing Care of the Older Adult
- Chapter 22: Community Health Nursing
- Chapter 23: Transitional Care *NEW CHAPTER*
