Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals, Fourth Edition: Model and Guidelines

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The goal of EBP in healthcare is to promote improved interventions, care, and patient outcomes.

Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals has proven to be one of the most foundational books on EBP in nursing and healthcare. Building on the strength of previous versions, the fourth edition is fully revised to include updated content based on more than a decade of the model’s use, refinement in real-life settings, and feedback from nurses and other healthcare professionals around the world.

Key features of the book include:

• NEW strategies for dissemination, including guidance on submitting manuscripts for publication
• EXPANDED focus on the importance of interprofessional collaboration and teamwork, particularly when addressing the complex care issues often tackled by EBP teams
• EXPANDED synthesis and translation steps, including an expanded list of outcome measures to determine the success of an EBP project
• Tools to guide the EBP process, such as stakeholder analysis, action planning, and dissemination
• Explanation of the practice question, evidence, and translation (PET) approach to EBP projects
• Overview of the patient, intervention, comparison, and outcome (PICO) approach to EBP question development
• Creation of a supportive infrastructure for building an EBP nursing environment
• Exemplars detailing real-world EBP experiences

ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE SIGMA REPOSITORY

• Chapter 3: The Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice (JHEBP) Model for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) Process Overview
• Instructor’s Guide

TABLE OF CONTENTS<br/> Part I: Evidence-Based Practice Background<br/> Chapter 1: Evidence-Based Practice: Context, Concerns, and Challenges<br/> Chapter 2: Creating a Supportive EBP Environment<br/> Part II: The Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice Model and Guidelines<br/> Chapter 3: The Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice (JHEBP) Model for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) Process Overview<br/> Part III: Practice Question, Evidence, Translation (PET)<br/> Chapter 4: The Practice Question Phase<br/> Chapter 5: Searching for Evidence<br/> Evidence Section<br/> Chapter 6: Evidence Appraisal: Research<br/> Chapter 7: Evidence Appraisal: Nonresearch<br/> Chapter 8: Translation<br/> Chapter 9: Dissemination<br/> Part IV: Exemplars<br/> Chapter 10: Exemplars<br/> Part V: Using the JHEBP Tools<br/> Chapter 11: Lessons From Practice: Using the JHEBP Tools<br/> Part VI: Appendices<br/> Appendix A: PET Process Guide<br/> Appendix B: Question Development Tool<br/> Appendix C: Stakeholder Analysis and Communication Tool<br/> Appendix D: Hierarchy of Evidence Guide<br/> Appendix E: Research Evidence Appraisal Tool<br/> Appendix F: Nonresearch Evidence Appraisal Tool<br/> Appendix G: Individual Evidence Summary Tool<br/> Appendix H: Synthesis and Recommendations Tool<br/> Appendix I: Translation and Action Planning Tool<br/> Appendix J: Publication Guide

Deborah Dang, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, is the Senior Director of Nursing Inquiry and Research at the Johns Hopkins Health System.

Sandra L. Dearholt, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, is the Assistant Director of Nursing for the Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry Nursing at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Kim Bissett, PhD, MBA, RN, is a Nurse Educator and Director of EBP at the Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing.

Judith Ascenzi, DNP, RN, CCRN-K, is the Director of Pediatric Nursing Programs for Education, Informatics, and Research at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.

Madeleine Whalen, MSN/MPH, RN, CEN, is the Evidence-Based Practice Program Coordinator for the Johns Hopkins Health System.