Synopsis
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Nursing Research: Reading, Using, and Creating Evidence, Fourth Edition is an essential text for nursing students to build the skills
necessary for translating research into evidence. The Fourth Edition focuses on the Nursing Practice Guidelines and emphasizes evidence based
practice in the profession of nursing. To reinforce these concepts the author cites a particular article that is appraised throughout the
entire text.
The Fourth Edition also focuses on the dissemination of information and research best practices as conferences and other such resources become more available to students and professionals.
Key Features
• Emphasis on Nursing Practice Guidelines
• New evaluation tool for reviewing a research article
• Extensive PICO questions throughout the text
• Addition of the contemporary PECO question
• Poster template added to the chapter on translation
About the Author
Dr. Janet Houser is retired from her position as Provost at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. Prior to her appointment, she was Dean of the Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions and the Vice Provost for Resource Planning.Dr. Houser has a BSN, an MN in maternal-child health, an MS in healthcare administration, and a Ph.D. in applied statistics and research methods. She has taught nurses, administrators, pharmacists, and physical therapy students from undergraduate through doctoral level, primarily in the subjects of research methods, biostatistics, and quantitative methods.Prior to her academic career, Dr. Houser spent 20 years in healthcare administration with the Mercy Health System. Her last position was as regional director for Professional Practice and Clinical Research for Mercy Health Partners in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she was responsible for professional practice and clinical research in 29 facilities.Dr. Houser has published seven books; Clinical Research in Practice: A Guide for the Bedside Scientist; Nursing Research: Reading, Using, and Creating Evidence, which is in its sixth edition; and Evidence-Based Practice: An Implementation Guide. She has more than 30 peer-reviewed publications in journals and has presented her research at regional, national, and international conferences.
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