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By Maureen Dobbins, 06 July 2010
Check out these tools for measuring strategy effectiveness.
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By Maureen Dobbins, 30 March 2010
Tools that make what may seem a daunting task easier
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By Maureen Dobbins, 22 December 2009
Qualitative research, like quantitative research, needs to be assessed for quality.
Qualitative research: Assessing methodological quality
By Maureen Dobbins, 29 August 2009
Qualitative research, like quantitative research, needs to be assessed for quality.
By Maureen Dobbins, 01 March 2009
The economic crisis provides stimulus for health care organizations to take definitive action on evidence-informed practice.
By Maureen Dobbins, 19 November 2008
In the “methods” section of the review, each step of the process should be spelled out.
By Maureen Dobbins, 20 August 2008
Key criteria include research question, search strategy, level of evidence ...
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By Maureen Dobbins, 21 May 2008
In this column, I highlight key criteria to use when assessing methodological quality of a single study that evaluates effectiveness of interventions.
By Maureen Dobbins, 25 February 2008
It has been an absolute pleasure writing these columns this past year and, as a result of your positive feedback, I am happy to continue writing about evidence-informed nursing practice.
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By Maureen Dobbins, 03 December 2007
In this column, I discuss how a practice- or policy-based question identifies the type of research evidence needed to answer it.
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By Maureen Dobbins, 03 September 2007
We continue our journey toward evidence-informed decision making by focusing on the beginning of the process—to clearly articulate a focused practice- or policy-based question.
By Maureen Dobbins, 04 June 2007
It has been my pleasure in the past month to engage in meaningful dialogue with nurses both in Canada and the United States about evidence-informed practice. While the settings for these conversations varied—a national evidence-based nursing conference, a nursing research day in a large acute-care hospital and a seminar for a nursing research interest group—I was delighted to observe significant similarities among nurses in relation to their general enthusiasm for evidence-informed practice, as well as thei
By Maureen Dobbins, 02 March 2007
In this quarterly column, I will identify some of the challenges of implementing evidence-informed nursing practice, call attention to effective and ineffective strategies for promoting such practice and recognize ongoing efforts in the field.