Macnee, Carol L.

Understanding nursing research : reading and using research in evidence-based practice / Carol L. Macnee and Susan McCabe - Second edition. - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008 - xii, 431 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Evidence-based nursing : using research in practice -- The research process : components and language of research reports -- Discussion and conclusions -- Descriptive results -- Inferential results -- Samples -- Sampling errors and ethics : what can go wrong? -- Data collection methods -- Research designs : planning the study -- Background and the research problem -- The research process -- The role of research in nursing.

Links understanding of nursing research with evidence-based practice, and focuses on how to read, critique, and utilize research reports. This text explains the steps of the research process. It includes chapters such as: clinical vignettes, highlighted key concepts, and out-of-class exercises

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NURSING -- RESEARCH

RT 81.5 .M33 2008