Johns Hopkins Nursing - Evidence-Based Practice Model And Guidelines (Newhouse, John Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model and Guidelines) - Softcover

Robin P. Newhouse; Sandra L. Dearholt; Stephanie S. Poe; Linda C. Pugh; Kathleen M. White

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1930538715 ISBN 13: 9781930538719

Publisher: Sigma Theta Tau International, 2007

Synopsis

Within a health-care environment of ever-increasing scrutiny and heightened expectations, nurses, physicians, public health scientists, and other health-care professionals must continually explore what works best in patient care based on the best evidence available. The goal of evidence-based practice (EBP) in nursing is to promote improved interventions, care, and patient outcomes. Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model and Guidelines depicts three essential cornerstones that form the foundation for professional nursing: practice, education, and research. Nursing practice is the means by which a patient receives nursing care; education reflects the acquisition of the nursing knowledge and skills necessary to become a proficient clinician and to maintain competency; and research provides new knowledge to the profession and enables the development of practices based on scientific evidence. Nurses from The Johns Hopkins Hospital and faculty members from The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing worked in collaboration to develop the practice model in this book. The model and guidelines demystify and facilitate the EBP process for administrators, managers, staff nurses, faculty, and students alike. The practical approach presented here puts EBP within the reach of every nurse and health-care institution.

About this title

About the Author:

Robin P. Newhouse, PhD, RN, CNA, CNOR At the time this book was written, Dr. Newhouse was nurse researcher at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and assistant professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, where she was dedicated to building evidence-based practice and research infrastructure and teaching Application of Research to Practice in the graduate program. She is now associate professor and assistant dean, Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Nursing, where she continues her work in building nurse leaders with strong evidence-based practice skills.

Sandra L. Dearholt, MS, RN is the assistant director of nursing for the departments of neuroscience and psychiatry at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. She is a member of The Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice (JHNEBP) steering committee that developed and implemented the JHNEBP Model. Ms. Dearholt has an extensive background in the development of nursing standards of practice and care and has served in the capacity of coordinator of nursing practice for John Hopkins Nursing. She is currently a member of the Maryland Board of Nursing Practice Issues Committee.

Stephanie S. Poe, MScN, RN is the assistant director of nursing, clinical quality at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and holds a joint appointment with The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. She has extensive experience working with nurse leaders and bedside nurses in developing and monitoring care standards to maintain high quality, safe patient care. Ms. Poe helped develop the Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model and has taught and mentored project teams using the model and guidelines. She has published and presented on the topics of evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and patient safety. Ms. Poe s area of research focus is quality improvement, risk assessment, and application of clinical practice guidelines.

Linda C. Pugh, PhD, RNC, FAANis a professor of nursing at York College of Pennsylvania in York, Pennsylvania. She is also the director of EBP/nursing research at York Hospital. Dr. Pugh is the former director of the baccalaureate program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore, Maryland. She has been an active part of the development and implementation of the JHNEBP Model, leading clinicians in advancing their practice through EBP projects. As a certified obstetric nurse, she has provided care for childbearing women for more than 30 years. The focus of her research is improving breastfeeding outcomes, particularly those of low-income women. Dr. Pugh has researched strategies to increase the exclusivity and duration of breastfeeding.

Kathleen M. White, PhD, RN, CNAA, BC is an associate professor and director for the master s program at The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. She holds a joint appointment as clinical nurse specialist at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and nurse research liaison at Howard County General Hospital. She is a member

Review:

The authors have done an extremely good job of defining evidence-based practice. I found the book to be easy to read and understand, almost to the point that I could not wait to get to the next chapter. This book is a valuable resource either for getting started in evidence-based practice or enhancing a current practice. --AORN Journal Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Sigma Theta Tau International
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1930538715
• ISBN 13: 9781930538719
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240