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Research for Advanced Practice Nurses, Fourth Edition

From Evidence to Practice

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Beth A. Staffileno, PhD, FAHA

Marcia Pencak Murphy, DNP, ANP, FAHA, FPCNA

Susan Buchholz, PhD, RN, FAANP, FAAN

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Focused specifically on the APRN role in implementing evidence-based practice in the clinical environment

The fourth edition of this award-winning text—written specifically for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) and students devoted to scholarly investigation—describes essential ways to implement Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) and quality improvement skills into practical application. Step-by-step instructions walk the reader through the process of finding relevant evidence, appraising it, translating it into practice to improve patient care and outcomes, and disseminating it. This text delivers expert guidance on designing questionnaires and data-collection forms, and on analyzing qualitative and quantitative data. The authors also offer guidelines for evaluating research articles and a variety of EBP activities and protocols demonstrating how to integrate EBP into multiple clinical settings relevant to all APRN practice domains.

New to the Fourth Edition:

  • New chapter on Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) includes information on models, processes, and tools
  • New chapter filled with examples of APRN-led initiatives showcasing improved processes and health outcomes resulting from EBP and quality improvement (QI) projects
  • Expanded literature reviews including integrative and other types of literature reviews beyond systematic review
  • Increased focus on Doctor of Nursing (DNP) competencies and QI

Key Features:

  • Helpful in achieving hospital Magnet® status
  • Integrates EBP concepts related to patient care
  • Examples highlight application of evidence into practice
  • Describes strategies for establishing and sustaining an organizational evidence-based practice
  • Discusses issues of costs and ethics from EBP perspective
  • Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers
Contents

I. EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE

1. Overview of Evidence-Based Practice

2. Searching for Evidence

3. Research and the Mandate for Evidence-Based Practice

Quality, and Patient Safety

4. Continuous Quality Improvement

5. Establishing and Sustaining an Evidence-Based Practice Environment

II. BUILDING BLOCKS FOR EVIDENCE

6. Critical Appraisal of Evidence&emsp

7. Identifying a Focus of Practice Inquiry

8. Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks

9. Quantitative Designs for Practice Scholarship

10. Qualitative Approaches for Practice Scholarship

11. Sampling Methods

12. Designing Questionnaires and Data Collection Forms

13. Physiological and Psychological Data Collection Methods

III. USING AVAILABLE EVIDENCE

14. Literature Reviews

15. Program Planning and Evaluation

16. Implementing Evidence-Based Practice

IV. EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE, ETHICAL ASPECTS OF A STUDY, AND COMMUNICATING RESULTS

17. Cost as a Dimension of Evidence-Based Practice

18. Evaluation of Outcomes

19. Ethical Aspects of Practice Scholarship

20. Communicating Practice Scholarship Through Oral Presentation

21. Reporting Results Through Publications

22. Exemplars of APRN-led Initiatives

Authors

Beth A. Staffileno, PhD, FAHA, is a professor, Adult Health and Gerontological Nursing and co-director of the Center for Clinical Research & Scholarship at Rush University Medical Center College of Nursing.

Marcia Pencak Murphy, DNP, ANP, FAHA, FPCNA, is a professor emeritus at Rush University College of Nursing.

Susan Weber Buchholz, PhD, RN, FAANP, FAAN, is a professor and Associate Dean for Research and the PhD Program at Michigan State University College of Nursing. Dr. Buchholz has been funded by the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Nursing Research. She continues to explore innovative, realistic mHealth interventions to promote walking among adults of all ages. Globally, she is one of the first researchers to use a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial to explore how to optimize adaptive interventions to improve physical activity. She has conducted and published research on her quantitative and qualitative work and is the author of the award-winning Literature Review and Synthesis: A Guide for Nurses and Other Healthcare Professionals. As an adult nurse practitioner faculty member, she is committed to high-quality nurse practitioner education. She is a past president of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF). She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Capital University, a Master of Science in Nursing from Indiana University, and a PhD in Nursing from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. 

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Product Details
  • Release Date: January 29, 2021
  • Paperback / softback
  • 432 Pages
  • Trim Size: 7in x 10in
  • Number of Illustrations: 10
  • ISBN: 9780826151322
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