Peter Ellis is an independent nursing and health and social care writer and consultant, and CEO of Intelligent Care Software. He is also an Expert Witness for nursing and social care. Peter was most recently a Registered Manager and Nursing Director in the Hospice and social care settings. Prior to this, he was a senior lecturer and programme director at Canterbury Christ Church University where he taught understanding research, among other topics, to undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students. Peter is also an Honorary Senior Research Fellow of Canterbury Christ Church University and has a special interest, including ongoing research, in palliative and end-of-life care

• Chapter 1: What is evidence-based nursing?Chapter 2: Sources of knowledge for evidence-based careChapter 3: Critiquing research: general pointsChapter 4: Critiquing research: approach-specific elementsChapter 5: Making sense of subjective experienceChapter 6: Working with others to achieve evidence-based careChapter 7: Clinical decision making in evidence-based nursingChapter 8: Using evidence in the workplace