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| Contributor list | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Dedication | |
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| Copyright acknowledgements | |
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| An introduction to evidence-based nursing | |
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| Implementing evidence-based nursing: some misconceptions | |
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| Asking answerable questions | |
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| Of studies, summaries, synopses, and systems: the '4S' evolution of services for finding current best evidence | |
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| Searching for the best evidence. Part 1: Where to look | |
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| Searching for the best evidence. Part 2: Searching CINAHL and MEDLINE | |
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| Identifying the best research design to fit the question. Part 1: Quantitative research | |
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| Identifying the best research design to fit the question. Part 2: Qualitative research | |
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| If you could just provide me with a sample: examining sampling in quantitative and qualitative research papers | |
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| The fundamentals of quantitative measurement | |
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| Summarizing and presenting the effects of treatments | |
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| Estimating treatment effects: real or the result of chance? | |
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| Data analysis in qualitative research | |
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| Users' guides to the nursing literature: an introduction | |
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| Evaluation of studies of treatment or prevention interventions | |
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| Assessing allocation concealment and blinding in randomized controlled trials: why bother? | |
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| Number needed to treat: a clinically useful measure of the effects of nursing interventions | |
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| The term 'double-blind' leaves readers in the dark | |
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| Evaluation of systematic reviews of treatment or prevention interventions | |
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| Evaluation of studies of screening tools and diagnostic tests | |
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| Evaluation of studies of health economics | |
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| Evaluation of studies of prognosis | |
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| Evaluation of studies of causation (aetiology) | |
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| Evaluation of studies of treatment harm | |
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| Evaluation of qualitative research studies | |
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| Appraising and adapting clinical practice guidelines | |
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| Models of implementation in nursing | |
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| Closing the gap between nursing research and practice | |
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| Promoting research utilization in nursing: the role of the individual, the organization and the environment | |
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| Nurses, information use, and clinical decision-making: the real-world potential for evidence-based decisions in nursing | |
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| Computerized decision support systems in nursing | |
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| Building a foundation for evidence-based practice: experiences in a tertiary hospital | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |