Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Health Care

The need for explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients leads the list of the goals of today's healthcare leader. Evidence-based practice and evidence-based research are two of the hottest terms and topics in nursing departments today this is the first basic, comprehensive text on evidence-based practice for health care workers. This text provides an introductory perspective of evidence-based practice in nursing and health care. An Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice also presents evidence to support infrastructure, organizational culture, caregiver competencies, staffing and scheduling systems, and evaluation of the outcomes of service.