Evidence-Based Practice Improvement

Edited by:   Rona Levin PhD RN, Bonnie Lauder, BSN, MIS, PMHNP, CPHQ
Imprint:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 254mm,  Width: 178mm, 
Weight:   835g
ISBN:   9780826182135
ISBN 10:   0826182135
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   08 March 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Rona F. Levin, PhD, RN, is internationally recognized for her work in evidence-based practice improvement. In 2015, Sigma Theta Tau International presented her with their Evidence-Based Practice Award. She and co-editor, Dr. Harriet Feldman, won AJN Book of the Year Awards for the first (2006) and second (2013) editions of Teaching Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing published by Springer. Dr. Levin, now in a preferred state (semi-retired), practiced in almost every clinical service at the beginning of her career. In 1968, she developed the idea for and implemented as the nurse manager a new unit at then Long Island Jewish Hospital, known as self-directed patient care, which embodied all the components of evidence-based nursing practice, integrating evidence-based care with patients values and goals, and her clinical experience and caring, before EBP became the by-word for nursing practice. Bonnie Lauder, RN, PMHNP, MIS, CPHQ, is the Vice President of Operations at the VNS HEALTH Hospice. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from State University of New York Downstate and a Master's in Information Systems from Pace University. She has been a Certified Healthcare Professional in Quality (CPHQ) since 1992 and has a certificate in Population Health from Duke University. She became Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in 2020. She has 25 years of experience in the field of health care informatics and quality, having started her career at Mount Sinai Hospital where she established the first clinical information systems department. Since 2005, she has successfully designed and implemented core clinical and management delivery systems across hospital, home care, and hospice continuums using the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Collaborative Model for Achieving Breakthrough Improvement and triple aim methodology of improving quality, reducing cost, and increasing access to healthcare services.