Knowledge for Health Care Practice: A Guide to Using Research Evidence

by Sarah Jo Brown and Sarah Jo Brown PhD RN

This new handbook is a step-by-step guide through the process of applying research evidence to clinical decision-making and planning in patient care. It helps readers to locate, understand, and critically appraise research evidence, and shows them how to consider its clinical significance, applicability, and scientific credibility.Provides appraisal questions for three types of evidenceFeatures pathway maps, algorithms, and flow charts to guide readers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0721678033
• ISBN13: 9780721678030
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

MVP for Nursing Reseach

This book actually combines two previously mutually exclusive concepts--nursing research and reading enjoyment. I didn't believe it could be done! After struggling through my first research class as a graduate, I was introduced to this book in a research utilization course. It is small (as far as nursing textbooks go), but contains really all the necessary information on nursing research a student needs. The author writes in a very pleasant tone, but does not waste words. One chapter in this book is worth 10 in any other res. book. I found myself going back to this book again and again.