Houser, Janet <br/><br/>
Nursing research :  reading, using, and creating evidence / 
Janet Houser 
 - Sudbury, Massachusetts :  Jone and Bartlett Learning,  c2008 
 - xxiv, 586 :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes index. 
<br/><br/>The importance of research as evidence in nursing -- The research process and traditions of knowing -- Ethical issues in nursing research -- Legal issues in nursing research -- Research problems, questions, and hypotheses -- The successful literature review -- Theoretical and conceptual frameworks -- Selecting an appropriate design -- The sampling strategy -- Principles of measurement -- Data collection methods -- Enhancing the validity of research -- Descriptive research questions and procedures -- Summarizing and reporting descriptive data -- Quantitative questions and procedures -- Analyzing and reporting quantitative data -- Qualitative research questions and procedures -- Analyzing and reporting qualitative data -- Communicating research findings -- Translating research into practice 
<br/><br/> Internded to help students learn to rady and use research as a basis for nursing pratice, this new nursing research textbook puts research into the context of evidence-based practice, helping students gain knowledge of research concepts while learning to apply them. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789746520850 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>NURSING -- RESEARCH -- METHODOLOGY
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RT 81.5 .H68 2008