Essentials of Nursing Research, now in full color, continues to focus on how to read, understand, analyze, and evaluate research for use in nursing practice.

This thoroughly updated edition has a greater focus on evidence-based practice, developing critiquing skills, and continued expansion of qualitative research.

Essentials of Nursing Research includes four full research reports, two of which have full written critiques.

A new Instructor's Resource CD-ROM includes PowerPoint slides and actual complete critiques (done by the author) which help faculty guide students' learning of how to critique research articles.

The Student's CD-ROM has review questions and activity sheets which help increase comprehension, strengthen recall, and develop critiquing skills.

Contents:

1. Overview of Nursing Research
   • Introducing Research and Its Use in Nursing Practice
   • Comprehending Key Concepts in Qualitative and Quantitative Research
   • Understanding the Research Process in Qualitative and Quantitative Research
   • Reading Research Reports
   • Understanding the Ethics of Nursing Research

2. Preliminary Steps in the Research Process
   • Scrutinizing Research Problems, Research Questions, and Hypotheses
   • Finding and Reviewing Studies in the Literature
   • Examining the Conceptual/Theoretical Basis of a Study

3. Designs for Nursing Research
   • Scrutinizing Quantitative Research Design
   • Scrutinizing Qualitative Research Design
   • Examining Specific Types of Research
   • Evaluating Sampling Plans

4. Data Collection
   • Examining Data Collection Methods
   • Evaluating Data Quality and Measurements

5. Data Analysis
   • Analyzing Quantitative Data
   • Analyzing Qualitative Data

6. Critical Appraisal and Utilization of Nursing Research
   • Critiquing Research Reports
   • Using Research in Evidence-Based Nursing Practice

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