Research for Advanced Practice Nurses 4th Edition

From Evidence to Practice

Beth Staffileno, Marcia Pencak Murphy, Susan Buchholz
Springer Publishing
432 pages
ISBN: 978-0826151322
February 2021

The fourth edition of this award-winning text—written specifically for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) and students devoted to scholarly investigation—describes essential ways to implement Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) and quality improvement skills into practical application. Step-by-step instructions walk the reader through the process of finding relevant evidence, appraising it, translating it into practice to improve patient care and outcomes, and disseminating it. This text delivers expert guidance on designing questionnaires and data-collection forms, and on analyzing qualitative and quantitative data.