The third edition of this award-winning text delivers the full treasury of tools that graduate nursing students and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) need to translate clinical research into practice.

Overview of evidence-based practice / Mary D. Bondmass -- Searching for evidence / Mary E. Hitchock and Christopher Hooper-Lane -- Research and the mandate for evidence-based practice, quality, and patient safety / Kathleen R. Stevens -- Establishing and sustaining an evidence-based practice environment / Elizabeth A. Carlson, Beth A. Staffileno and Marcia Pencak Murphy -- Critical appraisal of evidence / Karen Vukovic -- Identifying a focus of practice inquiry / Lea Ann Matura and Vivian Nowazek -- Conceptual and theoretical frameworks / Mary E. Johnson -- Quantitative designs for practice scholarship / Margaret Irwin -- Qualitative approaches for practice scholarship / Beth Rodgers -- Sampling methods / Mary D. Bondmass -- Designing questionnaires and data collection forms / Rosemarie Suhayda and Uchita A. Dave -- Physiological data collection methods / -- Susan K. Frazier and Andrew Bugajski -- Psychosocial data collection methods / Carol Glod -- Systematic reviews / Kathleen R. Stevens -- Program evaluation / Karen J. Saewert -- Implementing evidence-based practice / Lisa J. Hopp -- Cost as a dimension of evidence-based practice / Briana J. Jegier and Tricia J. Johnson -- Evaluation of outcomes / Ruth M. Kleinpell and Anne Wojner-Alexandrov -- Ethical aspects of practice scholarship / Marcia Phillips, Julie Johnson Zerwic, and Marquis D. Foreman -- Communicating practice scholarship through oral presentation / Diane L. Stuenkel and Lisa Rauch -- Reporting results through publication / Norma G. Cuellar.