Evidence trumps belief
Subtitle: nurse anesthetists and evidence-based decision making
By: Chuck Biddle
Contributors: American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Edition: Second edition
Publisher: American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Park Ridge, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780982991206
Subjects: Nurse Anesthetists; Decision Making; Evidence-Based Nursing; Nursing Models; Nursing Research; Safety Management
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The fabric of research: what Gulliver's voyage reveals; title: So you want to be an evidence-based anesthetist?; title: Randomized controlled trials and nonrandomized observational studies; title: Voyages in translational research and gauging its importance; title: Is the almighty P becoming less so? reconsidering the significance of "statistical significance"; title: Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of "number needed to treat"; title: A primer on the meta-analysis : precisely estimating an intervention's effects; title: A brief introduction and overview of the Cochrane collaboration; title: Case reports, case series, and narrative reviews : cautionary notes; title: Will following the tenets of evidence-base practice improve patient safety? what's the evidence?; title: Teaching evidence-based practice and evidence-based decision making; title: A crash course in common statistical tests for the nonstatistician; title: A practical guide for achieving statistical power : how much is enough?; title: Can negativity be a good thing? implications of publication bias; title: Beware the misguided (or worse!) evidence : biomedical betrayal; title: A voyage in evidence-based practice : what is the value of a checklist in improving patient care?; title: The challenge of being an evidence-based nurse anesthetist; title: Spotting statistical errors in published reports : advanced statistical considerations; title: The adaptive clinical trial : implementing and understanding the "new kid on the block"; title: In god we trust? all others, please bring data : summary, conclusions, and other musings.