Hopp, Lisa,  1956- <br/><br/>
Introduction to evidence-based practice :  a practical guide for nursing / 
Lisa Hopp, Leslie Rittenmeyer. 
 - Philadelphia :  F.A. Davis Co.,  c2012. 
 - xx, 352 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Professional nursing and evidence-based practice -- Elements of evidence-based practice -- Global perspectives and borderless knowledge -- Why bother with theory? -- A sampler of conceptual frameworks and models -- Common principles -- Overview of the evidence-based practice process -- Ask and assess : questioning -- Acquire and diagnose : linking the problem with finding best sources of evidence -- Appraise and plan I : all evidence is not created equal -- Appraise and plan II : pre-appraised and synthetic sources of evidence -- Apply and implement I : decision making and integrating preference and clinical expertise -- Apply and implement II : individual nurse implementation -- Apply and implement III : nursing systems of evidence implementation -- Apply and implement IV : national and international systems of evidence implementation -- Assess and evaluate : outcome measurement and revision of plan -- Medical-surgical nursing -- Evidence implementation to provide safe nursing care to laboring women -- Nursing care of children -- Psychiatric mental health nursing -- Nursing care of the older adult -- Community health nursing. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780803623286 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011043019 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Evidence-Based Nursing<br/>Nursing Process<br/>Models, Nursing
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610.73  / HOP 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WY 100.7