Achieving Evidence-Based Practice: A Handbook for Practitioners

Hamer BA MA RGN FETC(Dist) NDNCert, Susan,Collinson RGN BSc MA AdvDipTherapeuticCounselling&ManagementChange, Gill

ISBN 10: 0702027766 / ISBN 13: 9780702027765

Published by Bailliere Tindall, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Achieving Evidence-Based Practice: A Handbook for Practitioners
• Publisher: Bailliere Tindall
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0702027766
• ISBN 13: 9780702027765
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. This book provides a practical introduction to and overview of the development and implementation of evidence-based practice. It focuses on how to look for and appraise the available evidence, how to apply the evidence using a variety of approaches and in different organisational contexts, and how to understand different dimensions of personal and organisational change and its ethical components.

• Numerous examples from practice and case studies clarify theory
• Very readable writing style and user-friendly format with checklists of key issues
• Opportunities for reflective learning

• Update on current policy and regulatory frameworks
• Role of clinical governance in evidence-based practice considered.

Review

"This is a welcome updated version of a key handbook... This book is easy to read and well structured. Each chapter starts with a 'key issues' box, and the text is interspersed with tabls, diagrams and illustrations...it is a useful book to ahve around." Nursing Standard Vol 20 No 33.