Evidence-Based Practice: Background Information

Comprehensive and concise, entries provide the most relevant and current research perspectives and demonstrate the depth and breadth of nursing research today.

Essentials of Nursing Research, Tenth Edition, equips students with everything they need to confidently apply research to nursing practice. Authors Denise Polit and Cheryl Beck clarify the language of nursing research and instill a practical understanding of nursing research fundamentals and the research process for both quantitative and qualitative studies -- including design principles; sampling and data collection; criteria for assessing data quality; appraising the quality, rigor, and trustworthiness of studies; and approaches to understand the statistical results

This book helps students learn how to read and critique research reports, speak the language of nursing research, and develop an appreciation of research to enhance nursing practice.

An essential resource for teaching students how to translate research into practice. The text is based on the five step IDP process (knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation, and confirmation).

This book serves as a guide for clinicians, leaders, faculty, EBP mentors, and students in achieving EBP competency, facilitating evidence- based decision making in daily practice, and accelerating the speed at which research knowledge is translated into real-world settings to improve health outcomes and decrease healthcare costs.

This book looks at ways of implementing evidence gained through research and factors that influence successful implementation. It helps the reader to make decisions about the appropriateness of using various models and frameworks.

This book presents the most comprehensive body of information available on designing, conducting, analyzing, and funding intervention studies that are replicable and can withstand the scrutiny of the Institutional Review Board and peer review.