The Evidence-based Practice Manual successfully breaks down the skills 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 appr ...view more
The Evidence-based Practice Manual successfully breaks down the skills 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 to 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 organisational level are the focus of the final section.
The Evidence-based Practice Manual successfully breaks down the skills 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 to 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 organisational level are the focus of the final section.
New to this edition
A new chapter on ‘Using research evidence in making clinical decisions with the individual patient’ provides practical guidance and tools for decision-making
A new chapter on ‘Using evidence from qualitative studies’ explains the complexities of qualitative methodologies and methods in a simple, easily understood way
Online exercises and solutions
Help the reader test out and consolidate newly acquired skills and knowledge
Provide an opportunity to critically appraise studies with the following range of designs:
qualitative research
a randomised controlled trial
a cohort study
a case control study
a diagnostic test accuracy study
a systematic review
a clinical guideline
Example solutions are provided, all written by experts in the field.
Key Features
Step-by-step guide to finding, appraising and applying research evidence in nursing
Teaches skills for successfully reviewing published literature:
formulating a focused question
developing a search strategy for efficient retrieval of relevant studies
appraising the retrieved studies
All examples are relevant to nurses and nursing
Reflects contemporary nursing issues
Author Information
By Rosalind L Smyth and Jean V. Craig, PhD, MSc, RSCN, RGN, Research Advisor, NIHR Research Design Service for the East of England (Norfolk and Suffolk), Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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