Clinical Research in Practice: A Guide for the Bedside Scientist - Couverture souple

Houser, Janet; Bokovoy, Joanna L.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0763738751 ISBN 13 : 9780763738754

Editeur : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2006

Synopsis

Clinical Research in Practice: A Guide for the Bedside Scientist is a straightforward guide to reading, evaluating, and using research in these clinical settings. The text helps the bedside scientist take a study from question to design to practice.

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Dr. Janet Houser is retired from her position as Provost at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. Prior to her appointment, she was Dean of the Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions and the Vice Provost for Resource Planning.Dr. Houser has a BSN, an MN in maternal-child health, an MS in healthcare administration, and a Ph.D. in applied statistics and research methods. She has taught nurses, administrators, pharmacists, and physical therapy students from undergraduate through doctoral level, primarily in the subjects of research methods, biostatistics, and quantitative methods.Prior to her academic career, Dr. Houser spent 20 years in healthcare administration with the Mercy Health System. Her last position was as regional director for Professional Practice and Clinical Research for Mercy Health Partners in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she was responsible for professional practice and clinical research in 29 facilities.Dr. Houser has published seven books; Clinical Research in Practice: A Guide for the Bedside Scientist; Nursing Research: Reading, Using, and Creating Evidence, which is in its sixth edition; and Evidence-Based Practice: An Implementation Guide. She has more than 30 peer-reviewed publications in journals and has presented her research at regional, national, and international conferences.

Dr. Bokovoy is Director of Clinical Innovation at Catholic Healthcare West corporate in San Francisco, California, where she is the clinical leader for a 3-year multidisciplinary project to improve Severe Sepsis mortality and cost in 36 hospitals throughout California, Nevada and Arizona. Dr. Bokovoy spent over 10 years as a researcher and over 9 years as a direct care nurse, with progressive leadership roles in both fields. She holds an Associate Degree in Nursing, a Bachelors' degree in Elementary Education/Biology, a Masters' degree in Public Health education, and a Doctorate in Public Health, preventive care/epidemiology.Dr. Bokovoy's research agenda focuses on implementation science, including the use of pattern mapping to understand complex systems, and Severe Sepsis clinical research. She has presented her collaborative research at national and international conferences, and has more than 20 publications in journals and books. She teaches quality improvement, research and evidence-based practice methods to clinicians and provides assistance in study design and analysis of research projects, including research on system sustainability of innovations and the effectiveness of Severe Sepsis education on mortality. She co-authored this book, entitled "Clinical Research in Practice: A Guide for the Bedside Scientist" and published by Jones and Bartlett in 2006, with Dr. Janet Houser.Dr. Bokovoy has been an independent consultant with the American Nurses Credentialing Center since 2007 and has consulted for BearingPoint/USAID, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, California Institute for Health Systems Performance and over 20 hospitals and hospital systems. She specializes in implementing sustainable innovation and research systems in hospitals, using the concept of direct care clinicians as bedside scientists.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0763738751
• ISBN 13: 9780763738754
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 278
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible