Main description:

Now in full color, this easy-to-understand textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to nursing research concepts and methods. Evidence-based practice is emphasized throughout, with clear guidelines for evaluating research and applying scientific evidence to practice. Coverage includes qualitative and quantitative research, appraising and critiquing research, critical thinking, and clinical decision-making using research information.

Contents:

PART I. OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE

1. Integrating the Processes of Research and Evidence-Based Practice
2. Research Questions, Hypotheses, and Clinical Questions
3. Gathering and Appraising the Literature

PART II. PROCESSES AND EVIDENCE RELATED TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

4. Introduction to Qualitative Research
5. Qualitative Approaches to Research
6. Appraising Qualitative Research

PART III. PROCESSES AND EVIDENCE RELATED TO QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

7. Introduction to Quantitative Research
8. Experimental and Quasiexperimental Designs
9. Nonexperimental Designs
10. Sampling
11. Legal and Ethical Issues
12. Data Collection Methods
13. Reliability and Validity
14. Data Analysis: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
15. Understanding Research Findings
16. Appraising Quantitative Research

PART IV. APPLICATION OF RESEARCH: EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE

17. Developing an Evidence-Based Practice
18. Tools for Applying Evidence to Practice

APPENDICES