Thoroughly updated and now in full color, the Second Edition of this best-selling book is a user-friendly guide to implementing evidence-based practice in nursing and healthcare. "Real-life" examples assist readers in actualizing important concepts and overcoming barriers to implementation of evidence-based care.This edition contains a new chapter on implementing evidence in clinical settings and emphasizes all the steps needed in making evidence-based practice part of a sustainable healthcare culture. Web alerts direct readers to Internet resources to further develop evidence-based practice knowledge and skills.A bound-in CD-ROM contains checklists and other guides to aid readers in formulating clinical questions and appraising various types of quantitative and qualitative evidence.

# Unit 1: Steps Zero, One, Two: Getting Started Chapter 1: Making the Case for Evidence-Based Practice and Cultivating a Spirit of Inquiry
# Chapter 2: Thoroughly Revised! Asking Compelling, Clinical Questions
# Chapter 3: Thoroughly Revised! Finding Relevant Evidence to Answer Clinical Questions


# Unit 2: Step Three: Critically Appraising Evidence Chapter 4: Critically Appraising Knowledge for Clinical Decision Making
# Chapter 5: Thoroughly Revised! Critically Appraising Quantitative Evidence for Clinical Decision Making
# Chapter 6: Critically Appraising Qualitative Evidence for Clinical Decision Making


# Unit 3: Steps Four and Five: Moving from Evidence to Action Chapter 7: Patient Concerns, Choices, and Clinical Judgment in Evidence-Based Practice
# Chapter 8: Advancing Optimal Care with Clinical Practice Guidelines
# Chapter 9: NEW! Implementing Evidence in Clinical Settings
# Chapter 10: Thoroughly Revised! The Role of Outcomes in Evaluating Practice Change


# Unit 4: Creating and Sustaining a Culture for Evidence-Based Practice Chapter 11: NEW! Models to Guide Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice
# Chapter 12: Creating a Vision and Motivating a Change to Evidence-Based Practice in Individuals, Teams, and Organizations
# Chapter 13: Teaching Evidence-Based Practice in Academic Settings
# Chapter 14: NEW! Teaching Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Settings
# Chapter 15: NEW! ARCC Evidence-Based Practice Mentors: The Key to Sustaining Evidence-Based Practice


# Unit 5: Step Six: Disseminating Evidence and Evidence-Based Practice Implementation Outcomes Chapter 16: Disseminating Evidence Through Publications, Presentations, Health Policy Briefs, and the Media


# Unit 6: Next Steps: Generating External Evidence Chapter 17: Generating Evidence Through Quantitative Research
# Chapter 18: Generating Evidence Through Qualitative Research
# Chapter 19: Writing a Successful Grant Proposal to Fund Research and Evidence-Based Practice Implementation Projects
# Chapter 20: NEW! Ethical Considerations for Evidence Implementation and Evidence Generation


Appendices
Appendix A: Case Examples: Evidence-Based Care and Outcomes in Adult Depression and in Critically Ill Children
Appendix B: Template for Asking PICOT Questions
Appendix C: Walking the Walk and Talking the Talk: An Appraisal Guide for Qualitative Evidence
Appendix D: Rapid Critical Appraisal Checklists
Appendix E: Templates for Evaluation and Synthesis Tables for Conducting an Evidence Review
Appendix F: Example of a Slide Show for a 20-Minute Paper Presentation
Appendix G: Example of a Health Policy Brief
Appendix H: Example of a Press Release
Appendix I: Example of a Successful Media Dissemination Effort: When Rocking Chairs in Nursing Homes Make the News
Appendix J: Example of an Approved Consent Form for a Study
Appendix K: A Data and Safety Monitoring Plan for an Intervention Study
Appendix L: System-Wide ARCC Evidence-Based Practice Mentor Role Description
Appendix M: Timeline for an EBP Implementation Project
Appendix N: Instruments to Evaluate Organizational Culture and Readiness for System-Wide Integration of EBP, EBP Beliefs, and EBP Implementation and Psychometrics

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