Nursing Research and Evidenced-Based Practice offers a unique approach to learning about nursing research and in particular evidence-based nursing practice. It is ideal for nursing students and practicing nurses who need to understand the language of research and the significance of research to their practice, as well as integrate research and evidence-based practice into their own practices. This innovative text provides a step-by-step guide on how to develop evidence-based practice proposals for the real world, and focuses on analyzing all forms of evidence. with chapter objectives, tables

Introduction to Nursing Research: Incorporating Evidence-Based Practice, Fifth Edition teaches nursing students how to integrate evidence-based practice and research into their daily practice while considering the newest trends and research.

Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition. Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice: Ten Steps to Success offers a unique approach to learning about nursing research, particularly evidence-based nursing practice. It is ideal for nursing students and practicing nurses who need to understand the language and significance of research and how to translate it into evidence-based practice. This innovative text provides a step-by-step guide on how to develop evidence-based practice proposals for the real world and focuses on analyzing all forms of evidence. With chapter objectives, tables, algorithms, and real-life examples of full evidence-based nursing practice proposals, Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice: Ten Steps to Success is the essential “how-to” reference.

The Second Edition of this best-selling text has been completely revised and updated with new insights, evidence, and references throughout every chapter. There are two new chapters -- Evidence-Based Regulation and Evidence-Based Leadership -- that expand on concepts and examine the framework of evidence-based management.

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Evidence-Based Practice: An Integrative Approach to Research, Administration, and Practice, Third Edition focuses on how research-based evidence drives scholarly practice.

Use this practical study guide to get more out of Grove & Gray's Understanding Nursing Research, 8th Edition! With chapters corresponding to the textbook, this workbook provides exercises that build your knowledge and boost your critical appraisal skills. It offers hands-on practice in applying nursing research to evidence-based practice while reinforcing the steps of the research process. Like the textbook, this edition includes a stronger emphasis on critical appraisal — with an appendix of three published research studies referenced in exercises throughout the book. - Time-tested and innovative exercises reinforce key concepts with fill-in-the-blank, matching, and multiple-choice questions, with exercises including Terms and Definitions, Linking Ideas, Web-Based Information and Resources, and Conducting Critical Appraisals to Build an Evidence-Based Practice. - Critical Appraisal activities provide opportunities to apply your research knowledge to evaluate the quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods studies located in the appendices. - Appraisal Guidelines provide step-by-step guidance in critically appraising published research literature. - Quick-reference printed tabs in the print edition make it easy to locate the Answer Key and each of the book's three published studies in the appendices. - Answer Key is provided for the exercises in each chapter, allowing you to check your understanding and learn from your mistakes. - NEW! Increased focus on critical appraisal for evidence-based practice corresponds to the emphasis on critical appraisal in the text. - NEW! Updated content corresponds to the 8th edition of Grove & Gray's Understanding Nursing Research textbook. - NEW! Updated full-text articles reflect the most current, high-quality research studies.

NEW! Enhanced emphasis on evidence-based practice equips you to generate research evidence and to appraise and synthesize existing research for application to clinical practice. Using the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program criteria as a point of focus, this book prepares you for today’s emphasis on evidence-based practice in the clinical setting. NEW! Expanded emphasis on qualitative research addresses phenomenological research, grounded theory research, ethnographic research, exploratory-descriptive research, and historical research to support the development of nursing. NEW! Updated coverage of digital data collection guides you through use of the internet for research and addresses the unique considerations surrounding digital data collection methods. NEW! Pageburst ebook study guide gives you the opportunity to fully master and apply the text content in a convenient electronic format with integrated interactive review questions.

Nursing Research fills the need for a research text that addresses both traditional content as well as focusing on nursing research as it is used in evidence-based practice, in systematic reviews, and in the development of clinical practice guidelines. This book will address each issue by using a framework for the chapters that is based on an evidence-based practice approach to reading, using, and conducting nursing research. The perfect resource for BSN courses!

'Clearly written, this book introduces the reader to the key issues in evidence-based practice and explains clearly the steps involved in finding, appraising and applying evidence related to clinical practice. The in-text activities, together with the tools in the appendices, are excellent resources, and help readers explore and understand the nature of EBP. The book makes sense of the whole process' - Mr Colin Thain, School of Health, University of Central Lancashire