Description

To deliver safe and effective patient care student nurses need to find, critique, and use evidence in every day nursing decisions and academic work, Consequently they need a new textbook that goes further than simply explaining research methods. Nursing Evidence based practice has been developed as a one stop shop for research theory and evidence based practice skills for all aspects of the pre-registration nursing course - in both the classroom and on clinical placement.

Taking a logical approach, the authors introduce the role of evidence based practice in nursing before explaining how research is produced and how students can find, read and critique it in order to make informed care decisions. Theory is applied to both academic and clinical work so readers can easily see how to weigh up the evidence before applying it to a nursing decision. Useful for the entire undergraduate course, the content is mapped against the skills required of registered nurses and includes practical advice for completing final year academic assignments.

Written in an easy to read, student friendly manner the authors have brought together trustworthy and reliable advice in a way that's easy to dip into any time you need it- from writing an assignment, devising a nursing plan, documenting your placement learning outcomes, or finding advice on disseminating evidence for practice. This book has been truly designed to help student nurses become evidence based practitioners and to develop their nursing practice.

Online Resource Centre
The Online Resource Centre to accompany Nursing Evidence based practice features:

DT Practical tools such as checklists and notes will help students to really put the theory into practice
DT Web links to authoritative sources of research will quickly direct students to the best evidence
DT Hyperlinked bibliographies mean readers can easily access the referenced articles in the book
DT Audio interviews will put the subject in to context
DT Our interactive glossary will help newcomers to the subject to understand the language of research

Features

• Not just another nursing research book! This is a one-stop-shop for both the theory of nursing research and the skills of evidence based practice required by student nurses for registration! Two books in one!
  
• Clearly linked to the NMC proficiencies on evidence-based practice so students can be assured they are learning the skills they really need.
  
• Useful for the whole course: develops the academic skills needed to understand and use evidence in assignments, presentations, literature reviews, research proposals and dissertations.
• Gives students the skills to apply evidence to nursing practice and make safe well informed decisions.
  
• Provides easy to follow guidelines on critiquing the most utilised sources of health care evidence from policies, RCT's, systematic reviews to primary research articles.
  
• A dedicated Online Resource Centre provides further helpful tips, exercises and features to really help students develop their skills!

Product Details

400 pages; 11 line drawings; 9.7 x 6.7; ISBN13: 978-0-19-956310-4ISBN10: 0-19-956310-1

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