Evidence-Based Nursing : An Introduction.

Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Contributor list -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- Copyright acknowledgements -- 1 An introduction to evidence-based nursing -- 2 Implementing evidence-based nursing: some misconceptions -- 3 Asking answerable questions -- 4 Of studies -- 5 Searching for the best evidence. Part 1: Where to look -- 6 Searching for the best evidence. Part 2: Searching CINAHL and MEDLINE -- 7 Identifying the best research design to fit the question. Part 1: Quantitative research -- 8 Identifying the best research design to fit the question. Part 2: Qualitative research -- 9 If you could just provide me with a sample: examining sampling in quantitative and qualitative research papers -- 10 The fundamentals of quantitative measurement -- 11 Summarizing and presenting the effects of treatments -- 12 Estimating treatment effects: real or the result of chance? -- 13 Data analysis in qualitative research -- 14 Users' guides to the nursing literature: an introduction -- 15 Evaluation of studies of treatment or prevention interventions -- 16 Assessing allocation concealment and blinding in randomized controlled trials: why bother? -- 17 Number needed to treat: a clinically useful measure of the effects of nursing interventions -- 18 The term 'double-blind' leaves readers in the dark -- 19 Evaluation of systematic reviews of treatment or prevention interventions -- 20 Evaluation of studies of screening tools and diagnostic tests -- 21 Evaluation of studies of health economics -- 22 Evaluation of studies of prognosis -- 23 Evaluation of studies of causation (aetiology) -- 24 Evaluation of studies of treatment harm -- 25 Evaluation of qualitative research studies -- 26 Appraising and adapting clinical practice guidelines -- 27 Models of implementation in nursing -- 28 Closing the gap between nursing research and practice.

29 Promoting research utilization in nursing: the role of the individual -- 30 Nurses -- 31 Computerized decision support systems in nursing -- 32 Building a foundation for evidence-based practice: experiences in a tertiary hospital -- Glossary -- Index.

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