Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses

Another significant accomplishment during this time was the mapping of human genes. Conducted by the Human Genome Project (HGP), ...

Ten years from now, nursing students will study how historical occurrences have shaped the evolution of nursing as a science. Di ...

health care. Middle range and practice theories that are more useful in clini- cal settings need to be developed. Nursing resear ...

strategies that teach students to identify clinical problems, use technology to retrieve evidence, read and analyze re- search, ...

1.5 Keeping It Ethical At the end of this section, you will be able to: ‹ Identify five unethical studies involving the violatio ...

Alabama, were recruited to participate. Informed consent was not obtained, and many of the volunteers were led to believe that p ...

obtain care for their children and fell victim to being coerced to allow their children to participate in the study. Unfortunate ...

» By analyzing words, qualitative research focuses on the meanings individuals give to their experiences. Quantitative research ...

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CHAPTER OBJECTIVES KEY TERMS At the end of this chapter, you will be able to: ‹ Discuss contributions to evidence- based practic ...

© Madredus/Shutterstock At the end of this section, you will be able to: ‹ Discuss contributions to EBP that nurses practicing i ...

In the model, the five levels are intertwined with one another. An international entity can be a resource for staff nurses, and ...

adopters of the EBP change. They can be designated as group leaders to help with planning and troubleshooting during the impleme ...

Table 2-1 provides examples of performance criteria that may be expected at the individual nurse level (Titler, 2014). It is imp ...

Organizational Level National initiatives and accrediting bodies support EBP and urge healthcare systems to base patient care on ...

describe how characteristics of the innovation, communication process, social system, and users lead to the adoption of innovati ...

As social systems, organizations can use four specific interventions described in this model to promote excellence in nursing an ...