Achieving Evidence-Based Practice , 2nd Edition

Description

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. This book provides a practical introduction to and overview of the development and implementation of evidence-based practice. It focuses on how to look for and appraise the available evidence, how to apply the evidence using a variety of approaches and in different organisational contexts, and how to understand different dimensions of personal and organisational change and its ethical components.

Reviews

"This is a welcome updated version of a key handbook... This book is easy to read and well structured. Each chapter starts with a 'key issues' box, and the text is interspersed with tabls, diagrams and illustrations...it is a useful book to ahve around." Nursing Standard Vol 20 No 33.

Key Features

• Numerous examples from practice and case studies clarify theory
• Very readable writing style and user-friendly format with checklists of key issues
• Opportunities for reflective learning

New to this Edition

• Update on current policy and regulatory frameworks
• Role of clinical governance in evidence-based practice considered.

Readership

All undergraduate diploma and degree level students in the healthcare professions and qualified practitioners taking postgraduate courses which include a research component

Table of Contents

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Author Information

By Susan Hamer, BA MA RGN FETC(Dist) NDNCert, Programme Director and Coordinator, Centre for the Development of Health Care Policy and Practice, University of Leeds, UK; and Gill Collinson, RGN, BSc, MA, AdvDipTherapeuticCounselling&ManagementChange, Programme Director, Centre for the Development of Health Care Policy and Practice, University of Leeds; Development Consultant, GC Consulting, Leeds, UK