Implementing the evidence-based practice (EBP) competencies in healthcare : a practical guide for improving quality, safety, and outcomes / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Lynn Gallagher-Ford, Ellen Fineout-Overholt.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 5, 2016).

"First printing, 2016"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Evidence-based practice : the foundation for improving healthcare quality, patient outcomes, and costs -- Development of and evidence to support the evidence-based practice competencies -- The evidence-based practice competencies related to clinical inquiry -- Evidence-based competencies related to searching for best evidence -- The evidence-based practice competencies related to critical appraisal : rapid critical appraisal, evaluation, synthesis, and recommendations -- The evidence-based competencies related to implementation -- Evidence-based practice competencies related to outcomes evaluation -- Evidence-based practice competencies related to leading and sustaining evidence-based practice -- Evidence-based practice competencies related to disseminating evidence -- Integrating the evidence-based practice competencies in healthcare settings -- Integrating the evidence-based competencies into the role of advanced practice nurses -- Using the evidence-based practice competencies with policy and procedure committees -- Teaching the evidence-based practice competencies in clinical and academic settings.

Contributing authors: Cheryl Boyd, Tracy Brewer, Jacalyn S. Buck, Sheila Chucta, Joanne Cleary-Holdforth, Deborah A. Francis, Julie Gerberick, Tami Hartzell, Pamela K. Lake, Lisa English Long, Tina L. Magers, Donal O' Mathuna, Brenda K. Vermillion, Michele L. Weber.

"Hospitals and healthcare systems around the world have attempted to build and sustain evidence-based practice (EBP) cultures and environments, yet they have struggled to clearly understand what EBP competency means. Implementing the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Competencies in Healthcare clears up that confusion and serves as a guide for clinicians, leaders, faculty, EBP mentors, and students in achieveing EBP competency, facilitating evidence-based decision making in daily practice, and accelerating the speed at which research knowledge is translated into real-world settings to improve health outcomes and decrease health care costs"--Back cover.

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