Background and Context - What is Evidence-Based Practice and Who Cares? Professional Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice Elements of Evidence-Based Practice Global Perspectives and Borderless Knowledge Models for Evidence-Based Practice Why Bother With Theory? A Sampler of Conceptual Frameworks and Models Common Principles How to Do Evidence-Based Practice Overview of the Evidence-Based Practice Process Ask and Assess: Questioning Acquire and Diagnose: Linking the Problem with Finding Best Sources of Evidence Appraise and Plan I: All Evidence Is Not Created Equal Appraise and Plan II: Pre-appraised and Synthetic Sources of Evidence Apply and Implement I: Decision-making and Integrating Preference and Clinical Expertise Apply and Implement II: Individual Nurse Implementation Apply and Implement III: Nursing Systems of Evidence Implementation Apply and Implement IV: National and International Systems of Evidence Implementation Assess and Evaluate: Outcome Measurement and Revision of Plan Putting It All Together Medical-Surgical Nursing Evidence implementation to Provide Safe Nursing Care to Laboring Women Nursing Care of Children Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Nursing Care of the Older Adult Community Health Nursing Glossary Index.