Research for Advanced Practice Nurses: From Evidence to Practice - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826122078 ISBN 13: 9780826122070

Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc, 2009

Synopsis

This authoritative resource provides practical ways for nurses to achieve evidence-based practice by using and conducting clinical research. The authors present step-by-step guides to the clinical research process, as well as information on presenting and publishing research findings. The book also uses clinically relevant examples to present ways to apply knowledge to clinical practice settings. It provides guidance on the processes used in acquiring, evaluating, and implementing evidence-based practice; covers methods of communicating evidence-based practice activities through oral presentations and publications; and contains appendices that present examples of evidence-based practice activities, examples of protocols, and a resource list of relevant websites.

About this title

About the Author

Magdalena A. Mateo, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Associate Professor at Northeastern University School of Nursing in Boston, where she teaches research courses at all levels. She received her BSN and MN degrees in the Philippines and her PhD from The Ohio State University. While working in clinical and academic settings as a clinical nurse specialist, director of nursing and faculty in the Philippines, Canada, and the United States she conducted studies and used results of studies to improve patient care. Her recent work has focused on a multidisciplinary approach to improve care for patients with memory difficulties following mild traumatic brain injury. She has taught the conduct and use of research in clinical and academic settings.

From the Back Cover

"Designated a Doody's Core Title!

""This book should provide graduate nursing students with the knowledge to evaluate research evidence and use it in practice. With the increasing focus on EBP, this book should serve as a useful resource."" Score: 100, 5 stars

--"Doody's"

Achieve competency in evidence-based practice now!

This book provides practical ways for nurses to develop competency in evidence-based practice (EBP) by effectively using and appraising clinical studies. In this single, introductory volume, Mateo and Kirchoff present everything that advanced practice nurses and graduate students need to know to translate clinical research into practice.

With this book, readers will learn the essential methods that are used to achieve EBP, such as how to find and evaluate research articles, design questionnaires and data collection forms, analyze quantitative data, and much more.

Key features: Includes guidelines on how to evaluate the strengths and failures of research articles Presents data collection methods for physiological and psychosocial data Explains how to evaluate the ethical aspects of a study Provides guidelines on how to present and publish research findings Contains appendices with examples of evidence-based practice activities and protocols as well as a resource list of relevant websites

By knowing how to appraise the available evidence and its implications for clinical care, readers will learn to seamlessly translate evidence into practice. "

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826122078
• ISBN 13: 9780826122070
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 440
• Editor: Mateo Magdalena