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Nursing research : generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice / Denise F. Polit and Cheryl Tatano Beck

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: [Place of publication not identifed] : Wolters Kluwer Health, c2008Edition: Eighth editionDescription: xviii, 798 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781605475097
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RT 81.5 .P65 2008
Contents:
Introducing research and its use in nursing practice -- Comprehending key concepts in qualitative and quantitative research -- Understanding the research process in qualitative and quantitative studies -- Reading research reports -- Reviewing the ethical aspects of a nursing study -- Scrutinizing research problems, research questions, and hypotheses -- Finding and reviewing studies in the literature -- Examining the conceptual/theoretical basis of a study -- Scrutinizing quantitative research design -- Understanding qualitative research design -- Examining specific types of research -- Examining sampling plans -- Scrutinizing data collection methods -- Evaluating measurements and data quality -- Analyzing quantitative data -- Analyzing qualitative data -- Critiquing research reports -- Using research in evidence-based nursing practice.
Summary: This textbook was designed to be helpful to those who are learning how to do research, as well as to those who are learning to appraise research reports critically and to use research findings in practice.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Main General Circulation Nursing GC RT 81.5 .P65 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000000386

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introducing research and its use in nursing practice -- Comprehending key concepts in qualitative and quantitative research -- Understanding the research process in qualitative and quantitative studies -- Reading research reports -- Reviewing the ethical aspects of a nursing study -- Scrutinizing research problems, research questions, and hypotheses -- Finding and reviewing studies in the literature -- Examining the conceptual/theoretical basis of a study -- Scrutinizing quantitative research design -- Understanding qualitative research design -- Examining specific types of research -- Examining sampling plans -- Scrutinizing data collection methods -- Evaluating measurements and data quality -- Analyzing quantitative data -- Analyzing qualitative data -- Critiquing research reports -- Using research in evidence-based nursing practice.

This textbook was designed to be helpful to those who are learning how to do research, as well as to those who are learning to appraise research reports critically and to use research findings in practice.

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