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Achieving Evidence-Based Practice,

Edition 2 A Handbook for Practitioners

Editors: By Susan Hamer, BA, MA, RGN, FETC(Dist), NDNCert and Gill Collinson, RGN, BSc, MA, AdvDipTherapeuticCounselling&ManagementChange

Publication Date: 17 Nov 2005

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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.

Key Features

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

New Features

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

About the author

By Susan Hamer, BA, MA, RGN, FETC(Dist), NDNCert, Programme Director and Coordinator, Centre for the Development of Health Care Policy and Practice, University of Leeds, UK; Gill Collinson, RGN, BSc, MA, AdvDipTherapeuticCounselling&ManagementChange, Programme Director, Centre for the Development of Health Care Policy and Practice, University of Leeds and Development Consultant, GC Consulting, Leeds, UK

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.

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"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.

ISBN: 9780702027765

Page Count: 236

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Craig & Smyth: Evidence-based Practice Manual for Nurses, 0443070644, 2002, CL£20.99, 320pp, sold 3855 copiesAimed at just nursesDawes et al: Evidence-based Practice in Primary Health, 0443 061262, 1999, CL£19.99, 264pp, sold 5046 copiesDawes approaches evidence-based practice from a theoretical point of view, whereas Hamer starts at a more basic level, explaining how to carry out evidence-based practice.Sackett et al: Evidence-based medicine, 0443 062404, 2000, CLAimed at medics

All undergraduate diploma and degree level students in the healthcare professions and qualified practitioners taking postgraduate courses which include a research component