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Evidence-Based Practice for Nursing and Healthcare Quality Improvement

  • 1st Edition
  • July 25, 2018
  • Geri LoBiondo-Wood + 2 more
  • Geri LoBiondo-Wood + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 4 8 0 0 5 - 5
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 4 8 0 0 0 - 0
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Quality Improvement**2019 AJN Book of the Year Award Recipient in the Advanced Practice Nursing category. Equip yourself to expertly conduct EBP or quality improvement projects. Written by renowned EBP experts LoBiondo-Wood, Haber, & Titler, Evidence-Based Practice for Nursing and Healthcare Quality Improvement provides a straightforward yet comprehensive guide to planning and conducting EBP and quality improvement projects This brand-new, full-color, richly illustrated textbook begins with foundational content and then works through the processes of developing and exploring clinical questions, implementing results, and disseminating information. The book’s content and approach have been developed specifically with the adult learner in mind, with multiple full-text appendix articles referenced throughout as examples, along with unique pedagogical aids including EBP Tips and EBP Key Points to ground concepts in a "real-life" context.

Ross & Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness

  • 13th Edition
  • July 3, 2018
  • Anne Waugh + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 7 2 8 4 - 0
The new edition of the hugely successful Ross and Wilson Anatomy & Physiology in Health and Illness continues to bring its readers the core essentials of human biology presented in a clear and straightforward manner. Fully updated throughout, the book now comes with enhanced learning features including helpful revision questions and an all new art programme to help make learning even easier. The 13th edition retains its popular website, which contains a wide range of ‘critical thinking’ exercises as well as new animations, an audio-glossary, the unique Body Spectrum© online colouring and self-test program, and helpful weblinks. Ross and Wilson Anatomy & Physiology in Health and Illness will be of particular help to readers new to the subject area, those returning to study after a period of absence, and for anyone whose first language isn’t English.

Knowledge Development in Nursing

  • 10th Edition
  • October 29, 2017
  • Peggy L. Chinn + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 5 3 0 6 0 - 6
Apply the five patterns of knowing to improve patient care! Knowledge Development in Nursing: Theory and Process, 10th Edition helps you understand nursing theory and its links with nursing research and practice. It examines the principles of knowledge development, from the relationship between patterns of knowing to their use in evidence-based nursing care. Written by nursing educators Peggy Chinn and Maeona Kramer, this unique book is updated with new examples from clinical practice.

Ross en Wilson Anatomie en Fysiologie in gezondheid en ziekte

  • 12th Edition
  • September 12, 2017
  • Anne Waugh + 1 more
  • Dutch; Flemish
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 7 6 2 3 - 7
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 6 9 5 3 - 6
Ross en Wilson is de eerste keuze van reeds meer dan een miljoen studenten sinds de eerste publicatie meer dan 50 jaar geleden. Als een van de meest populaire handboeken voor anatomie en fysiologie introduceert het de systemen en functies van het menselijk lichaam en de effecten van ziektes en aandoeningen op het normaal functioneren van het lichaam. Meer dan eender welk handboek is Ross and Wilson gekenmerkt door het gebruik van heldere taal aangevuld met kleurrijke illustraties en een groot aanbod van interactieve online-activiteiten voor een boeiende leerervaring. Ross and Wilson is noodzakelijk studie en leesmateriaal voor ieder in de ziekenzorg en vooral voor professionelen in opleiding in de verpleging en aanverwande beroepen, complementaire/alternatieve geneeskunde of voor paramedici en ambulancepersoneel.

Reading Research

  • 6th Edition
  • September 8, 2017
  • Barbara Davies + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 7 7 1 7 2 - 0 7 0 - 0
Ideal for both students and health professionals alike, Reading Research: A User-Friendly Guide for Nurses and Health Professionals, 6th Edition is a practical beginner-level introduction to health sciences research. The text is written in a manner that assumes you have little or no experience with analyzing published research, and provides guidelines for reading and understanding research articles. It also covers important elements of published research, such as research methods, common terminology, data analysis and results. All chapters have been updated. The book also briefly discusses common barriers to the application of research results in practice.

Study Guide for Understanding Nursing Research

  • 7th Edition
  • September 17, 2018
  • Susan K. Grove + 2 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 5 4 6 4 1 - 6
Designed to reinforce your understanding through hands-on work with high-quality published studies, the Study Guide for Understanding Nursing Research, 7th Edition, provides both time-tested and innovative exercises for each chapter in the Grove & Gray textbook. This new edition includes an expanded focus on evidence-based practice, with each chapter featuring Terms and Definitions, Linking Ideas, Web-Based Activities, and Conducting Critical Appraisals to Build an Evidence-Based Practice. The Study Guide is built around three high-quality published research studies located in the appendices and referenced throughout the book. These full-text articles, selected for particular relevance to you, will help you better understand the research and evidence-based practice processes and help you learn to appraise and apply research findings to clinical settings.

Understanding Nursing Research

  • 7th Edition
  • July 15, 2018
  • Susan K. Grove + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 5 4 6 5 1 - 5
Edition after edition, Burns & Grove’s Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice has been known as a leading textbook of nursing research for evidence-based practice (EBP). Now under the authorship of Drs. Grove and Gray, this streamlined and enhanced 7th edition gives you even sharper insights into understanding, appraising, and applying published research for evidence-based nursing practice. Known for its authoritative content, time-tested systematic approach, and unique research example format — the new edition of this bestselling textbook includes an enhanced EBP focus, new content on the emerging trend of mixed-methods research, and a spotlight on need-to-know information to equip you to apply the latest evidence to your clinical practice.

Nursing Theorists and Their Work

  • 9th Edition
  • July 20, 2017
  • Martha Raile Alligood
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 4 0 2 1 9 - 4
A classic text is back with fresh, comprehensive nursing theories, critiques, and philosophies. Nursing Theorists and Their Work, 9th Edition provides you with an in-depth look at 39 theorists of historical, international, and significant importance. This new edition has been updated with an improved writing style, added case studies, critical thinking activities, and in-depth objective critiques of nursing theories that help bridge the gap between theory and application. In addition, the six levels of abstraction (philosophy, conceptual models, grand theory, theory, middle-range theory, and future of nursing theory) are graphically depicted throughout the book to help you understand the context of the various theories.

Study Guide for Nursing Research

  • 9th Edition
  • July 1, 2017
  • Geri LoBiondo-Wood + 2 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 4 4 7 5 8 - 4
This essential study guide is thoroughly updated to reflect the refocused content of Nursing Research: Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice, 9th Edition. This chapter-by-chapter review offers a variety of innovative learning activities and multiple-choice questions to help strengthen your research application skills and prepare you for questions you will face on the NCLEX® Exam.

Nursing Research

  • 9th Edition
  • May 25, 2017
  • Geri LoBiondo-Wood + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 4 4 7 6 5 - 2
Learn to better understand and apply research to everyday practice with Nursing Research: Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice, 9th Edition. Written by an all-star team of educators and research experts, this four-time recipient of the American Journal of Nursing’s Book of the Year award is the perfect resource to help ground you in the processes behind nursing research and evidence-based practice. This new ninth edition has been thoroughly updated and refocused to better match the needs of the nurse who will read and apply research rather than conduct research. This new edition also features: new research examples and vignettes; easy-to-use navigation tools; enhanced readability; expanded information on interprofessional collaboration and evidence-based practice; and well-balanced coverage of both qualitative and quantitative research methods. It’s a must-have resource for both undergraduate and graduate nursing programs alike!

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