The research process in nursing / edited by Kate Gerrish and Anne Lacey

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research and development in nursing / Kate Gerrish and Ann McMahon -- The research process / Anne Lacey -- Research ethics / Martin Johnson and Tony Long -- Sources of funding and support for research / Senga Bond and Anne Lacey -- User involvement in research / Gordon Grant and Paul Ramcharan -- Asking the right question / Gill Hek -- Finding the evidence / Claire Beecroft, Angie Rees and Andrew Booth -- Critical appraisal of the evidence / Andrew Booth -- Preparing a research proposal / Senga Bond and Kate Gerrish -- Gaining access to the research site / Amanda Hunn -- The quantitative-qualitative continuum / Annie Topping. Sampling / Sue Procter and Teresa Allan -- Grounded theory / Immy Holloway and Les Todres -- Ethnography / Immy Holloway and Les Todres -- Phenomenological research / Les Todres and Immy Holloway -- Experimental research / Andrea Nelson, Jo Dumville and David Torgerson -- Surveys / Hugh McKenna, Felicity Hasson and Sinead Keeney -- Action research / Julienne Meyer -- Evaluation research / Colin Robson -- Case study research / Charlotte Clarke and Jan Reed -- Systematic reviews and secondary research / Catherine Beverley, Mary Edmunds-Otter and Andrew Booth -- Interviewing / Angela Tod. Using focus groups / Claire Goodman and Catherine Evans -- Using questionnaires / Tricia Murphy-Black -- Using observation / Hazel Watson and Rosemary Whyte -- Physiological measurement / Mark Johnson and S. José Closs -- Qualitative analysis / Judith Lathlean -- Descriptive analysis of quantitative data / Jenny Freeman and Stephen Walters -- Examining relationships in quantitative data / Jenny Freeman and Stephen Walters -- Communicating and disseminating research / Kate Gerrish and Anne Lacey -- Evidence-based practice / Kate Gerrish -- Implementing evidence-based practice / Steve Campbell, Helen Hancock and Hilary Lloyd -- The future of nursing research / Ann McMahon and Anne Lacey.

This 5th edition provides an introduction to both appraising published research and implementing research findings in practice, and to undertaking empirical research. It provides an overview of how to critically appraise published research, systematic reviews, the main research designs and methods of data collection and analysis.