Achieving Evidence-Based Practice: A Handbook for Practitioners

by Susan Hamer BA, MA, RGN, FETC(Dist), NDNCert, Gill Collinson RGN, BSc, MA, AdvDipTherapeuticCounselling&ManagementChange

Overview

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. This book provides a practical introduction to and overview of the development and implementation of evidence-based practice. It focuses on how to look for and appraise the available evidence, how to apply the evidence using a variety of approaches and in different organisational contexts, and how to understand different dimensions of personal and organisational change and its ethical components.

• Numerous examples from practice and case studies clarify theory
• Very readable writing style and user-friendly format with checklists of key issues
• Opportunities for reflective learning

• Update on current policy and regulatory frameworks
• Role of clinical governance in evidence-based practice considered.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780702063084
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	12/10/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	236
File size:	3 MB

Table of Contents

Section 1. Looking for the evidence. Evidence-based practice. Types of evidence. Systematic reviews. Information sourcing.Section 2. Applying the evidence. Clinical effectiveness. Development of practice. Audit. Section 3 Reflecting upon the evidence. Personal change. Organisational change. Ethical change.

Editorial Reviews

This book is an easy to read, quick reference for clinicians about the nuts and bolts of evidence based practice. The purpose is to guide the thinking of busy clinicians to increase their awareness that achieving evidence based practice is not easy or value-free. The book encourages clinicians to reflect on their professional behavior and to carefully consider what may or may not need to be changed. The objectives are met via many examples, case illustrations, and summaries of key points. This book is written from a multi-disciplinary perspective and the editors target all types of clinicians at all levels -- this is an appropriate resource for all types and levels of practitioners. There is little information about the editors' backgrounds in the book, but their titles -- policy consultant and counselor with expertise in change theory -- seem to indicate that they are credible authorities on the topic. The book is divided into three major sections: how to locate the evidence, how to apply the evidence, and reflection upon the evidence. In the first section the history of the evidence based practice movement is presented and the nuts and bolts of different types of evidence are demonstrated (i.e., cohort studies, randomized controlled trials, case-controlled studies, surveys, and comprehensive discussion of systematic reviews). In the second section there is discussion of clinical effectiveness, the pros and cons of care pathways, audits, and current happenings and future direction of evidence based practice. Issues of personal and organizational change are addressed in the third section, including problem solving strategies and impact of organizational culture. This is a veryuseful resource that should be in every clinician's tool box. The pragmatic, easy access presentation makes this a valuable reference. The frequent use of diagrams, key point summaries, and Internet sites are a plus. This is the first book that I have reviewed about this very current and extremely important topic. As a clinician and a clinical lecturer I find it extremely useful.

Janet S. Selway

"This is a welcome updated version of a key handbook... This book is easy to read and well structured. Each chapter starts with a 'key issues' box, and the text is interspersed with tabls, diagrams and illustrations...it is a useful book to ahve around." Nursing Standard Vol 20 No 33.

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