Main description:

This essential study guide is completely updated to reflect the evidence-based focus and fresh content of the 7^th edition of Nursing Research. It provides chapter-by-chapter review and a variety of innovative learning activities to help you strengthen your critical appraisal and research application skills.

Contents:

PART I. OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE

1. Integrating the Processes of Research and Evidence-Based Practice
2. Research Questions, Hypotheses, and Clinical Questions
3. Gathering and Appraising the Literature

PART II. PROCESSES AND EVIDENCE RELATED TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

4. Introduction to Qualitative Research
5. Qualitative Approaches to Research
6. Appraising Qualitative Research

PART III. PROCESSES AND EVIDENCE RELATED TO QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

7. Introduction to Quantitative Research
8. Experimental and Quasiexperimental Designs
9. Nonexperimental Designs
10. Sampling
11. Legal and Ethical Issues
12. Data Collection Methods
13. Reliability and Validity
14. Data Analysis: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
15. Understanding Research Findings
16. Appraising Quantitative Research

PART IV. APPLICATION OF RESEARCH: EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE

17. Developing an Evidence-Based Practice
18. Tools for Applying Evidence to Practice

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