Sidani / Braden Design, Evaluation, and Translation of Nursing Interventions

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-470-96151-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten, E-Book

Nurse-led intervention research is a core component of theglobal initiative to improve quality of care. Though researchin this area has already contributed much to the advancement ofpatient care, future strides depend on the dissemination ofpractical, how-to instruction on this important area ofresearch. Design, Evaluation, and Translation of NursingInterventions aids in this endeavour by presenting both generalapproaches and specific methods for developing nursinginterventions.
Logically organized to facilitate ease of use, the book is dividedinto four sections. The introduction provides a firmgrounding in intervention science by situating it within thebroader topics of evidence-based practice, client-centred care, andquality of care. Section Two describes each step ofintervention design, including correct identification of the healthissue or problem, clarification of the elements comprising anintervention, and application of theory. Section Three is centredon implementation, highlighting such topics as development of theintervention manual, training interventionists, and interventionfidelity. The book concludes with methods to evaluateinterventions enacted and suggestions for their translation intopractice.
Design, Evaluation, and Translation of NursingInterventions distills the authors' years of expertise inintervention research into comprehensive, easy-to-followchapters. It is a must-have resource for students,researchers and healthcare professionals wishing to impact thefuture of patient care.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sidani, Souraya

Braden, Carrie Jo

Über Autor(innen)

Souraya Sidani, Ph.D. is Professor and Canada Research Chairat the School of Nursing, Ryerson University. She has served as aninvestigator on over 20 funded grants and has numerous publicationsin peer-reviewed journals and books. Dr. Sidani's researchfocuses on evaluating interventions and advanced practice roles,examining patient preferences for treatments, and refining researchmethods and measures for determining the clinical effectiveness ofinterventions.
Carrie Jo Braden, Ph.D. is Associate Dean for Researchand Hugh Roy Cullen Professor of Nursing at the University of TexasHealth Sciences Center at San Antonio. Dr. Braden is a Fellow ofboth the American Academy of Nursing and the Western Academy ofNursing. Her research focuses on learned response to chronicillness, mechanisms enhancing scholarly achievement(interprofessional research mentoring), and support resources forhealth disparities research. She has served as an investigator on23 funded grants. She is a recipient of the Nurse of the Year Awardfor Excellence in Nursing Research and has authored or co-authoredthree books and numerous articles for refereed journals.