Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing

220 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The Evidence-Based Practice Manual 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.- Helps students learn to read and understand research results as a foundation for evidence-based practice- Easy writing style makes a potentially difficult subject accessible and enjoyable- Explains how to search the literature and rank it according to the strength of its evidence- Case studies, scenarios and exercises ‘bring the subject to life’- Clearly explains the process of critical appraisal - quality of the study, interpretation of the results, and applicability of the findings to individual patients- Explains the various means of applying data from population studies to the individual- Offers practical advice on how to communicate risks and benefits to patients- Contains a glossary of useful terms

• Themen: Medizin Gesundheitsfachberufe Krankenpflege
• ISBN: 9780702070488
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 24.09.2019
• Größe: 153 x 231 mm
• Verlag: Elsevier Health Sciences
• Herausgegeben von: Jean V. Craig, Dawn Dowding