Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare : a guide to best practice / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk and Ellen Fineout-Overholt.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Making the case for evidence-based practice -- Asking compelling clinical questions -- Finding relevant evidence -- Critically appraising knowledge for clinical decision-making -- Critically appraising quantitative evidence -- Critically appraising qualitative evidence -- Patient concerns, choices, and clinical judgment in evidence-based practice -- Using models and strategies for evidence-based practice -- Using evidence-based practice guidelines: tools for improving practice -- Generating evidence through quantitative research -- Generating evidence through qualitative research -- Generating evidence through outcomes management -- Writing a successful grant proposal to fund research and outcomes management -- Disseminating evidence -- Teaching evidence-based practice -- Creating a vision: motivating a change to evidence-based practice in individuals and organizations -- Evidence to guide best practice -- Best evidence to guide clinical practice with adults in acute and critical care -- Best evidence to guide clinical practice with adults in primary care -- Best evidence to guide clinical practice with aging adults -- Best evidence to guide clinical practice in emergency and trauma care -- Best evidence to guide clinical practice with high-risk children and youth -- Best evidence to guide clinical practice in psychiatric mental health.

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