Implementing the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Competencies in Healthcare: A Practical Guide for Improving Quality, Safety, & Outcomes - Softcover

Melnyk, Bernadette; Gallagher-Ford, Lynn; Fineout-Overholt, Ellen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1940446422 ISBN 13: 9781940446424

Publisher: SIGMA Theta Tau International, 2019

Synopsis

Hospitals and healthcare systems around the world have attempted to build and sustain evidence-based practice (EBP) cultures and environments, yet they have struggled to clearly understand what EBP competency means. Implementing the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Competencies in Healthcare clears up that confusion and serves as a guide for clinicians, leaders, faculty, EBP mentors, and students in achieving EBP competency, facilitating evidence-based decision making in daily practice, and accelerating the speed at which research knowledge is translated into real-world settings to improve health outcomes and decrease healthcare costs.

About this title

About the Author

Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN, is Associate Vice President for Health Promotion, University Chief Wellness Officer, and Professor and Dean of the College of Nursing at The Ohio State University (OSU) and Professor at OSU s College of Medicine.

Lynn Gallagher-Ford, PhD, RN, DPFNAP, NE-BC, is Director of the Center for Transdisciplinary Evidence- based Practice (CTEP) and Clinical Associate Professor in the College of Nursing at OSU.

Ellen Fineout-Overholt, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN, is the Mary Coulter Dowdy Distinguished Nursing Professor in the College of Nursing & Health Sciences at the University of Texas at Tyler.

Review

"This book fills a significant gap in the literature and emphasizes the importance of evidence-based practice in expert clinical practice. The authors are champions in the EBP field, and all who read this book will find it empowering. I am excited to see a body of knowledge organized in one book that will truly impact how EBP can be effectively implemented throughout healthcare systems locally and globally. Congratulations on such a landmark publication!"
-Marilyn Hockenberry, PhD, RN-PPCNP-BC, FAAN
Bessie Baker Professor of Nursing, Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Dean for Research Affairs
Duke University School of Nursing
Chair, Duke Institutional Review Board

"In our fast-paced healthcare environment, implementing evidence into practice is even more critical to improve outcomes. As leaders, we need to embrace evidence-based practice and are responsible for building the culture of inquiry that will move healthcare forward. This book covers the practical, step-by-step guidelines to implement such a culture. Melnyk, Gallagher-Ford, and Fineout-Overholt do an excellent job of providing the competencies necessary to implement and sustain an evidencebased practice culture."
-Jeanine M. Rundquist, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Director of Performance, Practice and Innovation and Magnet Program Director
Children's Hospital Colorado

"Competence in evidence-based practice (EBP) is key to the success of RNs and APNs in implementing,
sustaining, and disseminating best practices. These research-based EBP competences are presented as a user-friendly, easy-to-implement tool that provides structure and support for nursing leaders in building a culture of EBP that will move their organization forward."
-Penelope Gorsuch, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, CCNS, NEA-BC, CCRN-K
Dean, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine*
*This should not be viewed as an official endorsement by the School of Aerospace Medicine or the
United States Air Force

Edition details

• Publisher: SIGMA Theta Tau International
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1940446422
• ISBN 13: 9781940446424
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352