Research Essentials: Foundations for Evidence-Based Practice (Custom Edition), 1st edition

Published by Pearson Learning Solutions (March 4, 2011) © 2011

  • Susan L. Norwood

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ISBN-13: 9781442552616
Research Essentials: Foundations for Evidence-Based Practice (Custom Edition)
Published 2011

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Research Essentials: Foundations for Evidence-Based Practice by Susan L. Norwood is a nursing research textbook which provides an engaging and user-friendly introduction to this important subject area.  With valuable information for nursing students, nurses in clinical practice, and nurses in leadership positions, Research Essentials: Foundations for Evidence-Based Practice helps nurses acquire essential skills for today’s dynamic health-care environment.

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Table of contents

  • SECTION 1 NURSING RESEARCH: AN OVERVIEW
  • Chapter 1 Research and Contemporary Nursing
  • Chapter 2 The Research Process: An Overview
  • Chapter 3 Ways of Knowing for Nursing Research
  • Chapter 4 Ethical Considerations in Nursing Research
  • SECTION 2 UNDERSTANDING NURSING RESEARCH
  • Chapter 5 Study Foundations: The Research Problem, Purpose, “Sub-Problems”, and Variables
  • Chapter 6 Study Backgrounds and Literature Reviews
  • Chapter 7 Frameworks for Nursing Research
  • Chapter 8 Research Designs
  • Chapter 9 Research Samples
  • Chapter 10 Principles of Measurement
  • Chapter 11 Data Collection Strategies
  • Chapter 12 Data Analysis in Quantitative Research
  • Chapter 13 Data Analysis and Qualitative Research
  • SECTION 3 PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
  • Chapter 14 The Research Critique Process
  • Chapter 15 Conducting Research in Practice Settings
  • Chapter 16 Communicating Research Findings
  • Chapter 17 Using Research Findings in Practice Settings
  • Chapter 18 Nursing Research and Nursing Practice

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