Phone: (602) 496-0927
Fax: (602) 496-0849
E-mail: Ellen.Fineout-Overholt@asu.edu
Address:
College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation
Arizona State University
500 N 3rd Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004-0698
Education
- PhD - University of Rochester, School of Nursing - 1999
- MSN -
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL - 1985
Specialty Focus: Cardiovascular Nursing
Clinical Focus: Critical Care Nursing - BSN - University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX - 1983
Recent Publications
- Melnyk, B.M. and Fineout-Overholt, E. (2006). Consumer preferences and values as an integral key to evidence-based practice. Nursing Administration Quarterly, Spring.
- Fineout-Overholt, E. and Melnyk, B.M. (2005). Building a culture of best practice. Nurse Leader, December.
- Fineout-Overholt, E. (2006). Getting the Evidence into the Practitioners’ Hands: Making the Most of the Journal Club. In R. Levin & H. Feldman’s (Eds.) Evidence-based Practice: A guide to educators. Springer: Philadelphia.
- Fineout-Overholt, E. (2006). Outcome Evaluation for Programs Teaching EBP. In R. Levin & H. Feldman’s (Eds.) Evidence-based Practice: A guide to educators. Springer: Philadelphia.
- Fineout-Overholt, E., Melnyk, B.M., and Schultz, A. (2005). Transforming Health Care from the Inside Out: Advancing Evidence-Based Practice in the 21st Century. Journal of Professional Nursing, 21(6), 335-344.
- Melnyk, B.M. and Fineout-Overholt, E. (2005). Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
Current/Recent Grants and Projects
- 2003 – Present Co Investigator, Advancing Research and Clinical Practice through Close Collaboration (ARCC): A Pilot Test of an Intervention to Improve Evidence-Based Care and Patient Outcomes in Community Settings.
- 2002–2005 – Co Principle Investigator and Project Director ARCC [Advancing Research and Clinical practice through close Collaboration]: A Model to Promote Evidence-Based Practice: The University of Rochester School of Nursing Unification Model. Funded by the Helene Fuld Health Trust, July, 2002-July, 2005, $2.2 million dollars. (Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, CPNP, NPP, FAAN, Project Director)
- 2003 – Co-Principal Investigator Advancing Research and Clinical Practice through Close Collaboration (ARCC): A Pilot Test of an Intervention to Improve Evidence-Based Care and Patient Outcomes In Acute Care Settings. (Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, CPNP, NPP, FAAN, Principal Investigator)
Honors/Awards
- 2003 & 2005 Who’s Who in Health Sciences Education
- 1999 Epsilon Xi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Dissertation Award
