Clinical Context for Evidence-Based Practice

The Evidence-Based Nursing Series is co-published with Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI). The series focuses on implementing evidence-based practice in nursing and midwifery and mirrors the remit of Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, encompassing clinical practice, administration, research and public policy.

Clinical Context for Evidence-Based Practice provides insights into the key contextual issues to be considered in the implementation and assessment of evidence-based practice. Increasingly, implementation research is demonstrating that for evidence to be successfully implemented into practice, the context of practice needs to be considered.

Clinical Context for Evidence-Based Practice addresses professional, educational, and organizational contextual issues that impact on the implementation of evidence into practice and the bringing about of practice change. Practical strategies that have been used effectively to overcome these contextual issues in a range of healthcare settings are identified. Specific contextual issues in different care settings are also addressed e.g. acute care, primary health care, peri-operative settings, paediatrics, aged care, mental health, midwifery.

Each chapter is written by an internationally known and respected author, with experience of developing or reviewing contextual strategies that have an impact on the implementation and utilisation of research in practice. They explore how gaining a better understanding of context made a difference to the implementation process or outcome and address the potential to transfer different approaches to a range of healthcare settings.

• An informative, practical resource for nurses and other health care professionals
• Explores context-related models and approaches to implementation
• Informs implementation and enables effective decision making
• Critically appraises contextual factors across the spectrum of care
• Explores future directions and implications
• Includes case examples

The Editors of the proposed book are nationally and internationally acknowledged experts in their fields, with successful track records in relation to practice change and the implementation of evidence based practice. Bridie Kent is chair of Nursing, Eastern Health/Deakin University, Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences. Brendan McCormack is Professor of Nursing Research and Head of The Person-centred Practice Research Centre, Institute of Nursing Research/School of Nursing, University of Ulster