Introduction to evidence-based practice in nursing and health care / edited by Kathy Malloch and Tim Porter-O'Grady

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A new age for practice: creating the framework for evidence / Tim Porter-O'Grady -- A framework for nursing clinical inquiry : pathway toward evidence-based nursing practice / Dolora Sanares & Diane Heliker -- From nursing process to nursing synthesis : evidence based nursing education / Marcia Flesner -- ... [et al.]. Linking structure and healing : building architecture for evidence-based practice / Rosalyn Cama -- Living evidence : translating research into practice / Marie P. Farrell -- Journey to evidence : managing the information infrastructure / Robert Giebert -- Managing variance through an evidence-based framework for safe and reliable health care / Kathy Scott -- Partnership economics : creating value through evidence-based workload management / Tim Porter-O'Grady and Kathy Malloch -- Evidence-based practice and health policy : a match or mismatch / Susan R. Cooper ... [et al.]. Creating nursing system excellence trough the forces of magnetism / Amy Steinbinder and Elaine Scherer -- Evidence based regulation in healthcare : challenges and possibilities / Joey Ridenour -- Evidence, leadership, and innovation : solid foundations for management practice / Tim Porter-O'Grady and Kathy Malloch.

This text provides an introductory overview of eveidence-based practice in nursing and health care. Helps close the gap between evidence and practice by providing the knowledge and instruction about how to evolve in a changing healthcare environment.