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Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare 4th Edition pdf eBook , ISBN 13: 9781496384539

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Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice, 4th Edition Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN and Ellen Fineout-Overholt, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN Enhance your clinical decision-making capabilities and improve patient outcomes through evidence-based practice. Develop the skills and knowledge you need to make evidence-based practice (EBP) an integral part of your clinical decision-making and everyday nursing practice with this proven, approachable text. Written in a straightforward, conversational style, Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare delivers real-world examples and meaningful strategies in every chapter to help you confidently meet today’s clinical challenges and ensure positive patient outcomes. NEW! Making Connections: An EBP Exemplar opens each unit, immersing you in an unfolding case study of EBP in real-life practice. NEW! Chapters reflect the most current implications of EBP on health policy and the context, content, and outcomes of implementing EBP competencies in clinical and academic settings. NEW! Learning objectives and EBP Terms to Learn at both the unit and chapter levels help you study efficiently and stay focused on essential concepts and vocabulary. Making EBP Real features continue to end each unit with real-world examples that demonstrate the principles of EBP applied. EBP Fast Facts reinforce key points at a glance. Clinical Scenarios clarify the EBP process and enhance your rapid appraisal capabilities.

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• Unit 1: Steps zero, one, two; getting started
• Unit 1 making EBP real: A success story. Using an evidence-based, autonomous nurse protocol to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections in a long-term acute care facility 
• Unit 2: Step three: critically appraising evidence
• Unit 2 making EBP real: A success story. Intradermal lidocaine intervention on the ambulatory unit : an evidence-based implementation project 
• Unit 3: Steps four and five: moving from evidence to sustainable practice change : 
• Unit 3 making EBP real: A success story. Improving outcomes for depressed adolescents with the brief cognitive behavioral COPE intervention delivered in 30-minute outpatient visits
• Unit 4: Creating and sustaining a culture and environment for evidence-based practice 
• Unit 4 making EBP real: A success story. Mercy heart failure pathway
• Unit 5: Step six: Disseminating evidence and evidence-based practice implementation outcomes
• Unit 5 making EBP real: A success story. Research projects receive worldwide coverage
• Unit 6: Generating external evidence and writing successful grant proposals : 
• Unit 6 making EBP real: Selected excerpts from a funded grant application. COPE/healthy lifestyles for teens : a school-based RCT 
• Appendix A: Question templates for asking PICOT questions
• Appendix B: Rapid critical appraisal checklists 
• Appendix C: Evaluation table template and synthesis table examples for critical appraisal 
• Appendix I: ARCC model timeline for an EBP implementation project 
• Appendix J: Sample instruments to evaluate EBP in educational settings
• Appendix K: Sample instruments to evaluate EBP in clinical settings.