Nursing Research: Reading, Using and Creating Evidence: Reading, Using and Creating Evidence - Softcover

Houser, Janet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1284110044 ISBN 13: 9781284110043

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2016

Synopsis

Each new print copy includes Navigate 2 Advantage Access that unlocks a comprehensive and interactive eBook, student practice activities and assessments, a full suite of instructor resources, and learning analytics reporting tools.

Nursing Research: Reading, Using, and Creating Evidence, Fourth Edition is an essential text for nursing students to build the skills
necessary for translating research into evidence. The Fourth Edition focuses on the Nursing Practice Guidelines and emphasizes evidence based
practice in the profession of nursing. To reinforce these concepts the author cites a particular article that is appraised throughout the
entire text.

The Fourth Edition also focuses on the dissemination of information and research best practices as conferences and other such resources become more available to students and professionals.

Key Features
• Emphasis on Nursing Practice Guidelines
• New evaluation tool for reviewing a research article
• Extensive PICO questions throughout the text
• Addition of the contemporary PECO question
• Poster template added to the chapter on translation

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Houser is the Academic Dean of the Rueckert Hartman College for Health Professions at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. She has a BSN, an MSN in Maternal-Child Health, an MS in healthcare administration, and a PhD in applied statistics and research methods. She has taught nurses, administration, and physical therapy students from undergraduate through doctoral level, primarily in the subjects of biostatistics and quantitative methods. Dr. Houser spent 20 years in health care administration with the Mercy Health System.Her last position was as Regional Administrator for Professional Practice for Mercy Health Partners in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she was responsible for professional practice and clinical research in 29 facilities.During her tenure with MHP, she implemented evidence-based practice as a basis for the procedure manuals and system-wide care delivery policies, a shared governance model, and a collaborative care delivery system. Currently, Dr. Houser’s research agenda is focused on the association of nurse autonomy and outcomes. Dr. Houser has published three books, Clinical Research in Practice: A Guide for the Bedside Scientist (Jones and Bartlett, 2007) , Nursing Research: Reading, Using, and Creating Evidence (Jones and Bartlett, 2008), and Evidence-Based Practice: An Implementation Guide (Jones and Bartlett, 2010) and has more than 30 publications in journals and books. She has presented her research at regional, national and international conferences.She also manages a consulting firm, Abacus Systems, which specializes in biostatistical research analysis, developing measurement systems, and implementing evidence-based models of care delivery.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1284110044
• ISBN 13: 9781284110043
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 502