Making Sense of Evidence-based Practice for Nursing

This  straightforward guide to evidence-based practice helps you to develop  the knowledge and skills necessary to challenge practice that is not  underpinned by research and to increase your understanding of the  processes involved in accessing, appraising, and synthesizing good  quality research.

Providing a basic introduction to  both quantitative and qualitative research, Debra Evans explores how to  find out “what works best”, the impact of something, and what requires  more research. Readers will also learn the basic rules used in study  design and statistics presented in research articles and systematic  reviews. Each simply written chapter includes relevant theory, diagrams  and tables, case studies, exercises, boxed summaries, and further  reading.

Packed with examples from practice across  the nursing fields and at different levels, this book is essential for  nurses – both student and qualified – who want to increase their  confidence when it comes to research appraisal and evidence-based  practice processes.