Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Unit 1 Step 1 and 2: Getting Started (p. 1)
• 1 Making the Case for Evidence-Based Practice (p. 3)
• 2 Asking Compelling Clinical Questions (p. 25)
• 3 Finding Relevant Evidence (p. 39)
• Unit 2 Step 3: Critically Appraising Evidence (p. 71)
• 4 Critically Appraising Knowledge for Clinical Decision-Making (p. 73)
• 5 Critically Appraising Quantitative Evidence (p. 79)
• 6 Critically Appraising Qualitative Evidence (p. 127)
• 7 Patient Concerns, Choices, and Clinical Judgment in Evidence-Based Practice (p. 163)
• Unit 3 Steps 4 and 5: Applying the Evidence (p. 183)
• 8 Using Models and Strategies for Evidence-Based Practice (p. 185)
• 9 Using Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines: Tools for Improving Practice (p. 221)
• Unit 4 Next Steps: Generating and Disseminating Evidence (p. 237)
• 10 Generating Evidence Through Quantitative Research (p. 239)
• 11 Generating Evidence Through Qualitative Research (p. 283)
• 12 Generating Evidence Through Outcomes Management (p. 299)
• 13 Writing a Successful Grant Proposal to Fund Research and Outcomes Management Projects (p. 333)
• 14 Disseminating Evidence (p. 361)
• Unit 5 Creating a Culture for Evidence-Based Practice (p. 405)
• 15 Teaching Evidence-Based Practice (p. 407)
• 16 Creating a Vision: Motivating a Change to Evidence-Based Practice in Individuals and Organizations (p. 443)
• 17 Evidence to Guide Best Practice (p. 457)
• Unit 6 Translating Research Evidence into Practice: The Best Evidence to Answer Compelling Clinical Questions (On CD-ROM)
• 18 Best Evidence to Guide Clinical Practice with Adults in Acute and Critical Care
• 19 Best Evidence to Guide Clinical Practice with Adults in Primary Care
• 20 Best Evidence to Guide Clinical Practice with Aging Adults
• 21 Best Evidence to Guide Clinical Practice in Emergency and Trauma Care
• 22 Best Evidence to Guide Clinical Practice with High-Risk Children and Youth
• 23 Best Evidence to Guide Clinical Practice in Psychiatric Mental Health
• Appendices
• Appendix A Case Example: Evidence-Based Care and Outcomes in Adult Depression and in Critically III Children (p. 487)
• Appendix B Walking the Walk and Talking the Talk: An Appraisal Guide for Qualitative Evidence (p. 491)
• Appendix C Approved Consent Form for a Study (p. 529)
• Appendix D A Data and Safety Monitoring Plan for an Intervention Study (p. 533)
• Appendix E Case Example of an Evidence-Based Approach to Answer a Clinical Problem: Smoking Cessation and Women with Cardiovascular Disease. Looking for Best Evidence: What If It Isn't There? (p. 535)
• Appendix F Case Example for an Ethnographic Study Resolving Ethical Issues of Daily Living. Looking for Best Evidence: "...A Rose by Any Other Name..." (p. 547)
• Appendix G Example of a Slide Show for a 20-Minute Paper Presentation (p. 557)
• Appendix H Example of a Health Policy Brief (p. 569)
• Appendix I Example of a Press Release (p. 573)
• Appendix J Case Example of a Successful Media Dissemination Effort: When Rocking Chairs in Nursing Homes Make the News (p. 577)
• Glossary (p. 583)
• Index (p. 597)