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"In an effort to convince nurses and other clinicians how painless EBP can be, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk and Ellen Fineout-Overholt asked nurses and others to tell their real-life EPB stories. This book contains 90 of those stories ..."--Back cover.

This text on the application of best practices to improve nursing patient care covers the fundamentals of evidence-based practice, identifying research questions and evidence, methods for collecting evidence, evaluation of evidence and decision-making, and evaluating applications.

"Confidently provide best practices in patient care, with the newly updated Lippincott® Nursing Procedures, 9th Edition. More than 400 entries offer detailed, evidence-based guidance on procedures ranging from the most basic patient care to assisting with intricate surgeries. The alphabetical organization allows you to quickly look up any procedure by name, and benefit from the clear, concise, step-by-step direction of nursing experts. Whether you're...

"Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice: Model and Guidelines has proven to be one of the most foundational books on EBP in nursing. This new edition expands the book past nursing to include other healthcare professionals. Thus the title change to Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals. In this edition, the overarching aim is to provide practical and pragmatic explanations, approaches, and tools to guide...

"This text concentrates on the full role of nursing faculty and not just the educational process and provides concrete examples of best practices within nursing education and has been crafted in a manner to excite faculty members to create a learning environment grounded in best practices and evidence." -- Publisher.

"Enhance your clinical decision-making capabilities and improve patient outcomes through evidence-based practice. Develop the skills and knowledge you need to make evidence-based practice (EBP) an integral part of your clinical decision-making and everyday nursing practice with this proven, approachable text. Written in a straightforward, conversational style, Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare delivers real-world examples and meaningful...

Find expert advice and how-to guidelines on over 400 nursing procedures, from basic to advanced, essential for today's professional nurse. Completely updated with current best-practice guidelines and step-by-step details, this new edition of Lippincott Nursing Procedures provides everything you need to do your job confidently and well, whether you are beginning your nursing career, learning a new skill, or brushing up on a familiar technique. Every...

Using evidence-based information, this volume provides guidance on the choice of interventions offered to clients and the effectiveness in addressing problems.

A text focused on the skills necessary for translating research into evidence. The Third Edition has been condensed to include crucial information and reviews the most contemporary recommendations of the National Institutes of Nursing Research, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, and the Magnet Standards for nursing roles at each level of research use and evidence-based care.

"This groundbreaking reference for palliative care nurses is the first to provide realistic and achievable evidence-based methods for incorporating compassionate and humanistic care of the dying into current standards of practice. It builds on the author's research-based CARES Tool, a reference that synthesizes five key elements demonstrated to enable a peaceful death as free from suffering as possible: Comfort, Airway Management, Management of Restlessness...