Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice

by Ellen Fineout-Overholt, Ellen Fineout-Overholt

This user-friendly resource to evidence-based practice will serve as a guide to implementing evidence-based practice in nursing and healthcare. "Real-life" examples assist the reader in actualizing important concepts and overcoming barriers in the implementation of evidence-based care; efficient critical appraisal of both quantitative and qualitative evidence; how to factor in a clinician's expertise and patient preferences/values when making decisions about patient care; chapters on outcomes management and how to create a vision to motivate a change to best practice; chapters on generating both qualitative and quantitative evidence; how to write a successful grant proposal; as well as a chapter on how to disseminate evidence to other professionals, the media, and policy-makers. The text also includes web-alerts that direct readers to helpful internet resources and an accompanying CD-ROM with 40 evidence reviews written by experts in the field that answer burning clinical questions across six specialty areas: adults in critical/acute care; adults in primary care; aging; emergency & trauma care; high-risk children & youth; and psychiatric mental health.

Genres: Nursing, School

608 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2004

Reviews

[Amethyst · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dr. Fineout-Overholt is an amazing professor. I was so honored to be able to be taught by her. This text shows her dedication to her work and the amazing passion she has for nursing. This book helped me tremendously.

[Lauren orso · Rating 1 out of 5]

textbooks at this level are why people don't respect nursing.

[Rainier Moreno-Lacalle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inspiring

[Julia Wood]

WY 100.7 M527e 2015

[Emma McCarthy · Rating 2 out of 5]

read for grad school MSN 602

it was fine but SO redundant -- could have easily been half its length.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very user friendly. I'm keeping it for future reference.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dean Melnyk has accomplished so much. I have been exposed to EBP since starting my program, and I am learning just how important it is in our careers.

I am proud to be a nursing student at OSU!

[Erin Henry]

Didn’t read much of it

[Alex Caruso · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good for what it is.