TY - BOOK AU - Nieswiadomy, Rose Marie AU - Bailey, Catherine TI - Foundations of nursing research SN - 9780134167213 AV - RT 81.5 .N54 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - New York PB - Pearson KW - NURSING -- RESEARCH -- METHODOLOGY N1 - Includes index; Part I: Introduction to nursing research -- 1. Development of nursing research -- 2. Evidence-based nursing practice -- 3. Research evidence in nursing practice -- 4. Ethical issues in nursing research -- 5. An overview of quantitative and qualitative research -- Part II: Preliminary steps in the research process -- 6. Identifying research problems -- 7. Review of the literature -- 8. Theory and nursing research -- 9. Hypotheses -- Part. III : Research designs -- 10. Quantitative research designs -- 11. Qualitative and mixed methods research designs -- Part IV : Obtaining study participants and collection of data -- 12. Populations and samples -- 13. Measurement and data collection -- 14. Data-collection methods -- Part V : Data analysis -- 15. Descriptive statistics -- 16. Inferential statistics -- 17. Presectation and discussion of study findings -- Part VI : Research findings and nursing practice -- 18. Communication and utilization of nursing research -- 19. Nursing research and healthcare economics -- 20. Critique of research reports N2 - "Illuminates all steps of the nursing research process, helping students understand the importance of research to evidence-based nursing practice, evaluate and critique research, and determine whether study findings are ready to apply in practice. Its conversational tone explains research simply and clearly"--Publisher ER -