Evidence-Based Practice for Nursing and Healthcare Quality Improvement, 1st Edition

Part I. Introduction
1. Overview of Evidence-Based Practice
2. Models and Evidence 

Part II. Processes of Developing EBP and Questions in Various Clinical Settings
3. Developing Compelling Clinical Questions
4. Search and Critical Appraisal of the Literature
5. Principles of Assessing Research Quality
6. Intervention Studies
7. Observational Studies
8. Systematic Reviews and Clinical Practice Guidelines
9. Qualitative Studies
10. Understanding Statistics for Evidence-Based Practice

Part III. Implementation
11. Evidence-Based Approaches for Improving Healthcare Quality
12. Planning for Success
13. Launching Implementation
14. Implementation Strategies for Stakeholders
15. Patient-Centered Evidence-Based Practices

Part IV. Evaluation and Dissemination
16. Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practice
17. Dissemination

Appendices
Appendix A – Interventions to improve adherence to lipid-lowering medication
Appendix B – Impact of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents on behavioral measures in children born premature
Appendix C – The effect of a translating research into practice intervention to promote use of evidence-based fall prevention interventions in hospitalized adults: A prospective pre–post implementation study in the U.S.
Appendix D – Improving exercise prescribing in a rural New England free clinic
Appendix E – Application of the EBP process: Maximizing lactation support with minimal education
Appendix F – Normothermia for neuroprotection: It’s hot to be cool
Appendix G – 2016 IPEC Competencies
Appendix H – WHO Framework for Action on Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice 

Index