Danielle's Picks from the Literature - April 2011

Here are my picks from the nursing literature published over the last few months. Staff at St. Joseph Hospital or Children's Hospital of Orange County may be able to access some of the full text articles through the Burlew Medical Library.

Evidence-Based Nursing. Nursing research: Get started!.
Anderson, Tamika L.; Dixon, Kelly H.; Lewallen, Lynne Porter; Jarrett
Pulliam, Cindy; Nursing Management, 2011 Mar; 42 (3): 20-3

Evidence-Based Nursing. How do you support your staff? Promote EBP.
Shivnan, Jane C.;
Nursing Management, 2011 Feb; 42 (2): 12-4

Professional Issues. Scholarship in Nursing: Not an Isolated Concept.
Robert, Ruth R.; Pape, Theresa M.;
MEDSURG Nursing, 2011 Jan-Feb; 20 (1): 41-4

Evidence-based nursing. Does journal club membership empower practice?
Sciarra, Erica;
Nursing Management, 2011 Jan; 42 (1): 17-8

Evidence-based nursing. Enhancing nursing's presence.
D'Alessio, Eileen; Magsalin, Maria; Neville, Kathleen L.; Patten, Constance;
Nursing Management, 2010 Dec; 41 (12): 16-8

Ebp: evidence to practice implementation.
Adams S; Cullen L;
Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2011 Feb; 26 (1): 35-7

Following the evidence: planning for sustainable changed: the ebp team makes plans to implement an rrt in their hospital.
Finout-Overholt E; Williamson K; Gallagher-Ford L; Melnyk BM; Stillwell SB; American Journal of Nursing, 2011 Jan; 111 (1): 54-60

Barriers and perceived needs for understanding and using research among emergency nurses.
Chan GK; Barnason S; Dakin CL; Gillespie G; Kamienski MC; Stapleton S; Williams J; Juarez A; Li S;
JEN: Journal of Emergency Nursing, 2011 Jan; 37 (1): 24-31

Evidence-based practice mentors: taking information literacy to the units in a teaching hospital.
Arguelles C;
Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 2011 Jan-Mar; 11 (1): 8-22

A regional evidence-based practice fellowship: collaborating competitors.
Weeks SM; Moore P; Allender M;
Journal of Nursing Administration, 2011 Jan; 41 (1): 10-4

Fostering evidence-based practice to improve nurse and cost outcomes in a community health setting: a pilot test of the advancing research and clinical practice through close collaboration model.
Levin, Rona F; Fineout-Overholt, Ellen; Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek; Barnes, Michael; Vetter, Mary Jo;
Nursing Administration Quarterly, 2011 Jan-Mar; 35 (1): 21-33

The systematic review of literature: Synthesizing evidence for practice.
Rew L;
Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 2011 Jan; 16 (1): 64-9

Clinical nurse specialist driving exemplary practice and clinical innovation in a magnet organization.
Gunn, Sharon; Flanders, Sonya; Leeper, Bobbi;
Clinical Nurse Specialist: The Journal for Advanced Nursing Practice, 2011 Mar-Apr; 25 (2): 94

Barriers to translating evidence-based breastfeeding information into practice.
Brodribb W;
Acta Paediatrica, 2011 Apr; 100 (4): 486-90

Implementing an Evidence-Based Practice Change.
Gallagher-Ford, Lynn; Fineout-Overholt, Ellen; Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek; Stillwell, Susan B.;
American Journal of Nursing, 2011 Mar; 111 (3): 54-60

Clinical nurse specialist multidisciplinary rounds as a strategy to translate evidence-based practice to the bedside.
Johnson, Melissa; Amber, Rhonda; Cahill, Donna; Nolan, Scot; Azuma, Nancy; Davidson, Judy; Clinical Nurse Specialist: The Journal for Advanced Nursing Practice, 2011 Mar-Apr; 25 (2): 80