Evidence-Based Practice Essentials for Nurses & the Healthcare Workforce: A Competency-Based Practical Guide for Improving Quality, Safety & Outcomes

By Ellen Fineout-Overholt, Lynn Gallagher-Ford, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk

Hospitals and healthcare systems worldwide have worked to build and sustain evidence-based practice (EBP) cultures, yet many still struggle to define what true EBP competency looks like in practice. Evidence-Based Practice Essentials for Nurses & the Healthcare Workforce: A Competency-Based Practical Guide for Improving Quality, Safety, & Outcomes, Second Edition, cuts through the confusion with a clear, actionable road map for making evidence-driven decision-making part of an organization's DNA.

Authored by worldwide EBP experts Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Lynn Gallagher-Ford, and Ellen Fineout-Overholt, this hands-on resource serves as a practical toolkit for organizations committed to excellence. Whether pursuing or maintaining Magnet(R)status, teaching the essentials of EBP, or translating evidence into real-world impact, this book provides readers the guidance needed to move from intention to action.

Grounded in the latest research, this updated edition equips readers with tools to achieve and sustain EBP excellence, including:

Defined essential EBP competencies for point-of-care and advanced practice cliniciansStep-by-step methods for achieving these competenciesPractical strategies for successful implementationReal-world exemplars for embedding EBP organization-wide

Together, these elements drive measurable improvements in quality, safety, and patient outcomes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1646482093
• ISBN13: 9781646482092
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: SIGMA Theta Tau International
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.5" x 9.3"