Evidence-Based Practice: an Integrative Approach to Research, Administration, and Practice: An Integrative Approach to Research, Administration, and Practice

Evidence-Based Practice: An Integrative Approach to Research, Administration, and Practice, Third Edition focuses on how research-based evidence drives scholarly practice. The text highlights how evidence can justify innovation and policy changes to improve patient outcomes. Through real-world examples, the authors strive to demonstrate how evidence-based research and nurse administrators can truly drive clinical best practices. The Third Edition provides students and professionals with the framework for evidence-based practice through its focus on translational science. It also features a section on scholarship in administrative practice along with content on critical appraisal and clinical practice scholarship. The hallmark of this text is its focus on evaluating and leveraging evidence-based practice research to deliver quality improvement changes, innovative patient care, improved outcomes, and lower cost. Key Features: • Presents a global perspective on health policy and healthcare • Covers the implementation and dissemination science applications to the EBP framework • Provides the latest research evidence on educational strategies for patient and provider practices • Discusses real-world examples from a clinical nurse leader perspective

Dr. Hall is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor at the University of South Alabama College of Nursing in Mobile, Alabama. She has worked as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner in a level III neonatal intensive care unit. Dr. Hall has taught evidence-based practice in nursing to undergraduate students, advanced nursing research to graduate students, and evidence-based practice and quality improvement in health care systems to doctoral students. In addition, she serves as faculty advisor to doctoral students completing residency coursework. Dr. Hall has conducted quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research with families of children with developmental disabilities, primarily autism spectrum disorders.'

Linda A. Roussel, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, CNL, FAAN is a professor at the University of Texas Houston, Cizik School of Nursing. She is an author and editor of several textbooks focused on nursing administration and management, the clinical nurse leader, project management, and evidence-based practice. She is known for her experience with academic-practice partnerships and curricular innovations including the development of the clinical nurse leader and Doctor of Nursing practice programs. An innovative academician, she regularly presents at national and inter- national conferences and consults with nurse leaders in practice and academe. She is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing holds board certification in advanced nursing administration and as a clinical nurse leader.