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