Study guide for essentials of nursing research : appraising evedence for nursing practice / Denise F. Polit and Cheryl Tatano Beck

Includes index.

Part I Overview of Nursing Research and Its Role in Evidence-Based Practice -- Chapter 1 Introducing Nursing Research for Evidence-Based Practice -- Chapter 2 Understanding Key Concepts and Steps in Quantitative and Qualitative Research -- Chapter 3 Reading and Critically Appraising Research Articles -- Chapter 4 Attending to Ethics in Research -- Part 2 Preliminary Steps in Qualitative and Quantitative Research -- Chapter 5 Identifying Research Problems, Research Questions, and Hypotheses -- Chapter 6 Finding and Reviewing Research Evidence in the Literature -- Chapter 7 Understanding Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks -- Part 3 Designs and Methods for Qualitative and Quantitative Nursing Research -- Chapter 8 Appraising Quantitative Research Design -- Chapter 9 Appraising Sampling and Data Collection in Quantitative Studies -- Chapter 10 Appraising Qualitative Designs and Approaches -- Chapter 11 Appraising Sampling and Data Collection in Qualitative Studies -- Chapter 12 Understanding Mixed Methods Research, Quality Improvement, and Other Special Types of Research -- Part 4 Analysis, Interpretation, and Application of Nursing Research -- Chapter 13 Understanding Statistical Analysis of Quantitative Data -- Chapter 14 Interpreting Quantitative Findings and Evaluating Clinical Significance -- Chapter 15 Understanding the Analysis of Qualitative Data -- Chapter 16 Appraising Trustworthiness and Integrity in Qualitative Research -- Chapter 17 Learning from Systematic Reviews -- Chapter 18 Putting Research Evidence into Practice: Evidence-Based Practice and Practice-Based Evidence -- Appendix A Swenson et al., Parents' Use of Praise and Criticism in a Sample of Young Children Seeking Mental Health Services -- Appendix B Beck and Watson, Posttraumatic Growth After Birth Trauma -- Appendix C Bail et al., Cancer-Related Symptoms and Cognitive Intervention Adherence Among Breast Cancer Survivors -- Appendix D Wilson et al., A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Individualized Preoperative Education Intervention for Symptom -- Management After Total Knee Arthroplasty -- Critical Appraisal of Wilson and Colleagues' Study -- Glossary -- Index.

The world’s most widely used nursing research textbook, Essentials of Nursing Research, Tenth Edition equips students with everything they need to confidently apply research to nursing practice. AJN award-winning authors Denise Polit and Cheryl Beck clarify the language of nursing research and install a practical understanding of nursing research fundamentals and the research process for both quantitative and qualitative studies — including design principles; sampling and data collection; criteria for assessing data quality; appraising the quality, rigor, and trustworthiness of studies; and approaches to understand the statistical results.