Comprehensive Systematic Review for Advanced Practice Nursing, Third Edition

A two-time AJN Book of the Year Award winner and a 2013 Doody Core Title!

This distinguished text provides top-tier guidance for advanced practice nurses on how to perform a comprehensive systematic review of available research to inform scholarly work, particularly in DNP and PhD programs.

With a strategic focus on the search process and assessing the quality of the evidence, this text presents, clearly and comprehensively, all of the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct a foundational CSR in eight concrete steps. This text examines how to write a CSR proposal, final report, and a policy brief based on systematic review findings. Two finished proposals and two completed systematic reviews demonstrate each step of the process from start to finish. Additionally, the text covers software used in research queries and provides helpful strategies for effectively using the search function when seeking information.

The Third Edition offers four new chapters with incisive recommendations for performing a CSR and addressing new ways CSR is being implemented in today's healthcare environment. It describes the latest methodological advances, including living systematic reviews and dominance scores for economic review. Two complete CSRs along with new and updated examples throughout the book further aid readers in their pursuit of excellence in scholarly work.

New to the Third Edition:

• New Chapters:
  • How to choose the right critical appraisal tool
  • Writing the final report and disseminating the results of systematic reviews
  • Disseminating results with how to write a policy brief and/or press release on CSR results
  • Example of a meta-analysis using GRADE
• Offers increased focus on dissemination
• Includes new and updated examples reflecting latest trends in nursing scholarly work

Key Features:

• Provides the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct a CSR from start to finish
• Teaches readers how to conduct high-quality systematic reviews
• Instructs readers on pertinent resources and methods for optimal library-related systematic review research efforts
• Describes how to best search research databases to facilitate scholarly work
• Includes objectives, summary points, end-of-chapter exercises, discussion questions, suggested reading, and references to enhance understanding

Cheryl Holly, EdD, RN, ANEF, FNAP, is professor and co-director of the Northeast Institute of Evidence Synthesis and Translation at Rutgers School of Nursing, a Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Center of Excellence. She teaches DNP program courses in population health and implementation science, as well as works with DNP students in their project residency course. She is certified as a train-the-trainer in a comprehensive systematic review conducted by the JBI (formerly known as the Joanna Briggs Institute) and is a JBI Clinical Fellow and has offered workshops on comprehensive systematic reviews across the United States. Dr. Holly is the coordinator of the Eastern Nursing Research Society's Research Interest Group on Comprehensive Systematic Review and Knowledge Translation, and she is a member of the Committee of Directors of the JBI of Nursing and Midwifery, the Evidence Translation Group, the JBI Scientific Methodology Group on Umbrella Reviews and the PCORI Advisory Board on Health Disparities. She serves as manuscript reviewer for several journals, including Nursing Outlook, Nursing Education Perspectives, American Journal of Nursing, and JBI Evidence Synthesis. She is also a founding member of the Implementation Science and Synthesis Network of the United States. Dr. Holly has been principal or co-principal investigator or project director of 12 funded research projects. She has published extensively and presented both nationally and internationally in the areas of evidence-based practice (EBP), systematic review (SR), knowledge translation, and critical care nursing and acute delirium. She is a fellow in the Academy of Nursing Education and Fellow and Distinguished Scholar of the National Academies of Practice.

Susan Salmond, EdD, RN, FAAN, is executive vice dean, professor, a Distinguished Scholar and Fellow of the National Academies of Practice, and co-director of the Northeast Institute of Evidence Synthesis and Translation, a Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Center of Excellence, at Rutgers University School of Nursing, Newark, New Jersey. Dr. Salmond received a BSN from Villanova University, an MSN in Adult Health and Chronic Illness from Seton Hall University, and an EdD in Nursing Administration from Columbia University. She is certified in nursing administration, nursing education, and transcultural nursing. In addition, Dr. Salmond has completed postgraduate work in Comprehensive Meta-Analysis and Advanced Meta-Analysis in the Statistics Institute. She is certified as a train-the-trainer in a comprehensive systematic review conducted by the JBI and has offered workshops on comprehensive systematic review across the United States. She serves on the JBI scientific methodology committees for mixed methods and qualitative synthesis, and is a member of the Committee of Directors of the JBI for Nursing and Midwifery, the editorial board for the JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, and the Cochrane Nursing Care Field. She is the research editor of Orthopedic Nursing and a member of the editorial board for the American Journal of Nursing. She has served as a research, educational, and clinical management consultant. Dr. Salmond has coauthored three editions of Orthopedic Nursing; authored two other books, numerous book chapters, and peer-reviewed journal articles. She is a highly sought-after conference presenter and workshop leader, both nationally and internationally, in the areas of cultural competence, qualitative research, evidence-based practice (EBP), and systematic review (SR). She is a founding member of the Implementation Science and Synthesis Network of the United States. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the Academy of Nursing Education.

Maria Saimbert, PhD, PharmD, MSN, MLIS, RN worked as a medical librarian for approximately ten years serving medical and allied health faculty and students' research needs. During that time, she assisted reviewers in developing and refining research questions, identifying search resources to support retrieval of citations for reviews, and management of citations. She is a co-author on two systematic reviews. Saimbert's professional background is an eclectic one with clinical practices in both community nursing (pediatrics) and acute care pharmacy (central pharmacy and operating room services). She is a lifelong, learner who enjoys both clinical practice and research activities. She is a supporter of lifelong professional development for librarians and information specialists in-context, as visible co-reviewers on SR research, with accountability for influencing patient care through work during various phases of the SR process. Her alma maters include Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and the University of Florida. Her current practice site is Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.