Foundations in Nursing Research, Pearson New International Edition, 6th edition

For use as a primary text in undergraduate nursing research courses, and as a resource text for more advanced nursing research courses.

This engaging, learner-friendly text illuminates all steps of the nursing research process, helping students critique research and determine whether study findings are ready to apply in practice. To illustrate specific aspects of the research process, the author extensively excerpts from published studies, including research performed outside the U.S. Pedagogical features include chapter outlines, objectives, definitions of key terms, summaries, class activities, and self-tests. This Sixth Edition has been revised with up-to-date information and references throughout; more coverage of both quantitative and qualitative research; greater focus on evidence-based practice; and an all-new chapter on nursing research and health care economics.

Hallmark Features

Concise, thorough, readable, and exceptionally learner-friendly–taking the fear out of research, and helping students critique studies and decide whether to use them

• Helps students become interested in research, empowering them to evaluate it — and possibly even perform it

Excerpts from 85 nursing research studies drawn from 60 nursing journals–including recent studies conducted by nurses in the U.S. and around the world

• Helps students more clearly understand both research concepts and the entire research process

“Get Involved” Activities–including structured simulations that challenge students to collaborate realistically with other students or colleagues

• Helps students experience the process of conducting, assessing, and utilizing nursing research

More than 300 terms, with clear definitions–demystifying the language of research by presenting all new terms in bold, and clearly defining them on first reference

• Makes sure students immediately understand all new terminology

Non-threatening self-tests after first 19 chapters–providing an opportunity for students to evaluate their mastery; most answers are provided at the back of the book

• Enables students to reinforce and review the material they’ve just studied

Up-to-the-minute coverage of Web-based research techniques–including new examples of Internet megasearch engines, coverage of all four online CINAHL databases, the free Clinical Trials online database, and information on accessing OJIN

• Guides students in intelligently utilizing the growing amount of online information available to them, and in finding quality information sources that can be relied upon

Online MyNursingKit.com resources linked to the book’s chapters–including chapter-specific modules containing online nursing research links, critical thinking activities, online games, and more

• Gives students more personal interaction to extend and deepen their knowledge