By Robin P. Newhouse, PhD, RN, CAN, CNOR, Sandra L. Dearholt, MS, RN, Stephanie S. Poe, MScN, RN, Linda C. Pugh, PhD, RNC, FAAN, Kathleen M. White, PhD, RN, CNAA, BC

Within a health-care environment of ever-increasing scrutiny and heightened expectations, nurses, physicians, public health scientists, and other health-care professionals must continually explore what works best in patient care based on the best evidence available. The goal of evidence-based practice (EBP) in nursing is to promote improved interventions, care, and patient outcomes.

Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model and Guidelines depicts three essential cornerstones that form the foundation for professional nursing: practice, education, and research.

Nursing practice is the means by which a patient receives nursing care; education reflects the acquisition of the nursing knowledge and skills necessary to become a proficient clinician and to maintain competency; and research provides new knowledge to the profession and enables the development of practices based on scientific evidence.

Nurses from The Johns Hopkins Hospital and faculty members from The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing worked in collaboration to develop the practice model in this book. The model and guidelines demystify and facilitate the EBP process for administrators, managers, staff nurses, faculty, and students alike. The practical approach presented here puts EBP within the reach of every nurse and health-care institution.

“The information is straightforward and clear—excellent characteristics for a conceptual narrative. The introduction’s focus on critical thinking provides a great flow into the model. As I read, I kept thinking: I have to get copies for the nurses and students.”

–Linda Thiel, OP, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, McAuley School of Nursing
University of Detroit Mercy
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

“Nurses at all levels need to bring themselves into nursing in the 21st century by reading this clear, concise overview of applying evidence-based practice in real-world scenarios. Even recent graduates of nursing programs will gain new insight into understanding how important critical thinking skills and research are to the art of nursing.”

–Rita Marie John, DrNP, CPNP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, PNP/NNP Program Director
Columbia University School of Nursing
New York, New York, USA.

“After much research and evaluation, the York Hospital Evidence-Based Practice/Nursing Research Council adopted the Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model as the foundation for the EBP projects that are conducted throughout the hospital. The cornerstones of the model—practice, education, and research—are essential to our professional nursing practice. Our nursing staff has enthusiastically embraced the model, and interest and participation in nursing research have grown exponentially. Clinical nurses have found the model and tools easy to understand, which has led to a culture shift regarding research.”

–Valerie Hardy-Sprenkle, MPH, RN, CNAA, BC, FACHE
Vice President, Patient Care Services, York Hospital, WellSpan Health, Clinical Adjunct Faculty
York College of Pennsylvania
York, Pennsylvania, USA.

The authors have done an extremely good job of defining evidence-based practice. I found the book to be “easy to read and understand, almost to the point that I could not wait to get to the next chapter.” This book is a valuable resource either for getting started in evidence-based practice or enhancing a current practice.

– AORN Journal Book Review

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Although the authors approach is quite straightforward, the need to do quality research is emphasized. The Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model offers a balanced introduction to EBP for the novice nurses, a start-up tool for the EBP councils, and a model to use in building curricula for academic nursing programs. Rebecca A. Otten, EdD, RN, assistant professor of nursing at California State University Fullerton, review provided by the Nursing Education Perspectives publication.