Understanding nursing research /

Burns, Nancy

Understanding nursing research / Nancy Burns and Susan K. Grove - Third edition. - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Saunders, c2003 - xv, 512 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Discovering nursing research -- Ch. 2. Introduction to the quantitative research process -- Ch. 3. Research problems, purposes, and hypotheses -- Ch. 4. Review of literature -- Ch. 5. Understanding theory and research frameworks -- Ch. 6. Examining ethics in nursing research -- Ch. 7. Clarifying research designs -- Ch. 8. Populations and samples -- Ch. 9. Measurement and data collection in research -- Ch. 10. Understanding statistics in research -- Ch. 11. Introduction to qualitative research -- Ch. 12. Critiquing nursing studies -- Ch. 13. Using research in nursing practice with a goal of evidence-based practice.

This leading texbook of nursig research, written by two of the most renowned experts in the field, is now published in full-colour, and this, the 4th edition has now been updated throughout to reflect today's evidence-based practice.

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NURSING -- RESEARCH -- PHILOSOPHY

RT 81.5 .B87 2003