"We conceptualized this text around the belief that nurses want what is best for their patients. Through our work in the evidence-based practice movement, we have come to learn that this is not always a simple endeavor. The rapid explosion of information and its sources has contributed to the complexity of practicing in a way that yields desirable outcomes. In order to access, appraise, and utilize the available information, students and practicing nurses alike need to learn first about evidence-based practice. In this book, we present the elemental principles that demystify the process in a way that is easily accessible and excites passion for patient care"-- Provided by publisher.

Professional nursing and evidence-based practice -- Elements of evidence-based practice -- Global perspectives and borderless knowledge -- Why bother with theory? -- A sampler of conceptual frameworks and models -- Common principles -- Overview of the evidence-based practice process -- Ask and assess : questioning -- Acquire and diagnose : linking the problem with finding best sources of evidence -- Appraise and plan I : all evidence is not created equal -- Appraise and plan II : pre-appraised and synthetic sources of evidence -- Apply and implement I : decision making and integrating preference and clinical expertise -- Apply and implement II : individual nurse implementation -- Apply and implement III : nursing systems of evidence implementation -- Apply and implement IV : national and international systems of evidence implementation -- Assess and evaluate : outcome measurement and revision of plan -- Medical-surgical nursing -- Evidence implementation to provide safe nursing care to laboring women -- Nursing care of children -- Psychiatric mental health nursing -- Nursing care of the older adult -- Community health nursing.