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EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE IN NURSING
& HEALTHCARE: A GUIDE TO BEST
PRACTICE FIFTH, NORTH AMERICAN
EDITION LATEST VERSION 2025/2026 [A+]
ALL CHAPTERS FULLY COVERED
BY BERNADETTE MAZUREK MELNYK PHD RN (AUTHOR), ELLEN FINEOUT-OVERHOLT
PHD (AUTHOR)
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I: DEVELOPING AND SEARCHING THE
CLINICAL QUESTION
1 IGNITING A SPIRIT OF INQUIRY: AN ESSENTIAL
FOUNDATION FOR EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
2 THE SEVEN STEPS OF EVIDENCE-BASED
PRACTICE
3 ASKING THE CLINICAL QUESTION: A KEY STEP
IN EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
4 SEARCHING FOR THE EVIDENCE
PART II: CRITICALLY APPRAISING THE EVIDENCE
5 CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF THE EVIDENCE: PART I
6 CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF THE EVIDENCE: PART
II
7 CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF THE EVIDENCE: PART
III
PART III: IMPLEMENTING THE EVIDENCE
8 FOLLOWING THE EVIDENCE: PLANNING FOR
SUSTAINABLE CHANGE
9 IMPLEMENTING AN EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
CHANGE
10 ROLLING OUT THE RAPID RESPONSE TEAM
PART IV: DISSEMINATING THE EVIDENCE AND
SUSTAINING THE CHANGE
,11 EVALUATING AND DISSEMINATING THE IMPACT
OF AN EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTION: SHOW
AND TELL
12 SUSTAINING EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
THROUGH ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES AND AN
INNOVATIVE MODEL
, CHAPTER 1 MAKING THE CASE FOR EVIDENCE-BASED
PRACTICE AND CULTIVATING A SPIRIT OF INQUIRY
IN THE HOSPITAL WHERE NURSE L. PROVIDES CARE, TRADITION DICTATES THAT ORAL TEMPERATURES
BE INCLUDED IN EVERY SET OF PATIENT VITAL SIGNS, REGARDLESS OF PATIENT DIAGNOSIS OR ACUITY.
THISIS MOST LIKELY AN EXAMPLE OF WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PHENOMENA?
A) THE PRIORITIZATION OF INTERNAL EVIDENCE OVER EXTERNAL EVIDENCE
B) PRACTICE THAT LACKS EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT ITS APPLICATION
C) THE INTEGRATION OF PERSONAL EXPERTISE INTO NURSING CARE
D) EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
2. THE CLINICAL NURSE EDUCATOR (CNE) ON A POSTSURGICAL UNIT HAS RECENTLY COMPLETED A
PATIENT CHART REVIEW AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PILOT PROGRAM AIMED AT PROMOTING
EARLY AMBULATION FOLLOWING SURGERY. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS OF EBP IS THE
NURSE PUTTING INTO PRACTICE?
A) PATIENT PREFERENCES
B) RESEARCH UTILIZATION
C) EXPERIENCE
D) INTERNAL EVIDENCE
3. NURSE R. HAS OBSERVED THAT REORIENTING DEMENTED PATIENTS AS FREQUENTLY AS
POSSIBLE TENDSTO MINIMIZE THE PATIENTS' LEVEL OF AGITATION IN THE EVENING. THE NURSE HAS
SHARED THIS OBSERVATION WITH A COLLEAGUE, WHO IS SKEPTICAL, STATING THAT, “IT'S BEST TO
STICK TO EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE.” HOW CAN NURSE R. BEST RESPOND?
A) “EBP CAN INCLUDE CLINICIANS' PERSONAL EXPERTISE.”
B) “PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IS OFTEN MORE SOUND THAN FORMAL EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE.”
C) “TRADITIONAL PRACTICE AND EBP ARE USUALLY SHOWN TO BE THE SAME.”
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE IN NURSING
& HEALTHCARE: A GUIDE TO BEST
PRACTICE FIFTH, NORTH AMERICAN
EDITION LATEST VERSION 2025/2026 [A+]
ALL CHAPTERS FULLY COVERED
BY BERNADETTE MAZUREK MELNYK PHD RN (AUTHOR), ELLEN FINEOUT-OVERHOLT
PHD (AUTHOR)
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I: DEVELOPING AND SEARCHING THE
CLINICAL QUESTION
1 IGNITING A SPIRIT OF INQUIRY: AN ESSENTIAL
FOUNDATION FOR EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
2 THE SEVEN STEPS OF EVIDENCE-BASED
PRACTICE
3 ASKING THE CLINICAL QUESTION: A KEY STEP
IN EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
4 SEARCHING FOR THE EVIDENCE
PART II: CRITICALLY APPRAISING THE EVIDENCE
5 CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF THE EVIDENCE: PART I
6 CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF THE EVIDENCE: PART
II
7 CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF THE EVIDENCE: PART
III
PART III: IMPLEMENTING THE EVIDENCE
8 FOLLOWING THE EVIDENCE: PLANNING FOR
SUSTAINABLE CHANGE
9 IMPLEMENTING AN EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
CHANGE
10 ROLLING OUT THE RAPID RESPONSE TEAM
PART IV: DISSEMINATING THE EVIDENCE AND
SUSTAINING THE CHANGE
,11 EVALUATING AND DISSEMINATING THE IMPACT
OF AN EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTION: SHOW
AND TELL
12 SUSTAINING EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
THROUGH ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES AND AN
INNOVATIVE MODEL
, CHAPTER 1 MAKING THE CASE FOR EVIDENCE-BASED
PRACTICE AND CULTIVATING A SPIRIT OF INQUIRY
IN THE HOSPITAL WHERE NURSE L. PROVIDES CARE, TRADITION DICTATES THAT ORAL TEMPERATURES
BE INCLUDED IN EVERY SET OF PATIENT VITAL SIGNS, REGARDLESS OF PATIENT DIAGNOSIS OR ACUITY.
THISIS MOST LIKELY AN EXAMPLE OF WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PHENOMENA?
A) THE PRIORITIZATION OF INTERNAL EVIDENCE OVER EXTERNAL EVIDENCE
B) PRACTICE THAT LACKS EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT ITS APPLICATION
C) THE INTEGRATION OF PERSONAL EXPERTISE INTO NURSING CARE
D) EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
2. THE CLINICAL NURSE EDUCATOR (CNE) ON A POSTSURGICAL UNIT HAS RECENTLY COMPLETED A
PATIENT CHART REVIEW AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PILOT PROGRAM AIMED AT PROMOTING
EARLY AMBULATION FOLLOWING SURGERY. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS OF EBP IS THE
NURSE PUTTING INTO PRACTICE?
A) PATIENT PREFERENCES
B) RESEARCH UTILIZATION
C) EXPERIENCE
D) INTERNAL EVIDENCE
3. NURSE R. HAS OBSERVED THAT REORIENTING DEMENTED PATIENTS AS FREQUENTLY AS
POSSIBLE TENDSTO MINIMIZE THE PATIENTS' LEVEL OF AGITATION IN THE EVENING. THE NURSE HAS
SHARED THIS OBSERVATION WITH A COLLEAGUE, WHO IS SKEPTICAL, STATING THAT, “IT'S BEST TO
STICK TO EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE.” HOW CAN NURSE R. BEST RESPOND?
A) “EBP CAN INCLUDE CLINICIANS' PERSONAL EXPERTISE.”
B) “PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IS OFTEN MORE SOUND THAN FORMAL EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE.”
C) “TRADITIONAL PRACTICE AND EBP ARE USUALLY SHOWN TO BE THE SAME.”
