Nursing research : generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice /

Title:

Nursing research : generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice /

Author:

Polit, Denise F., author.

Format:

Book

Institution:

Emmanuel College, MCPHS Boston

Contents:

PART 1: Foundations of Nursing Research -- Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment -- Evidence-Based Nursing: Translating Research Evidence into Practice -- Key Concepts and Steps in Qualitative and Quantitative Research -- PART 2: Conceptualizing and Planning a Study to Generate Evidence for Nursing -- Research Problems, Research Questions, and Hypotheses -- Literature Reviews: Finding and Critiquing Evidence -- Theoretical Frameworks -- Ethics in Nursing Research -- Planning a Nursing Study -- PART 3: Designing and Conducting Quantitative Studies to Generate Evidence for Nursing -- Quantitative Research Design -- Rigor and Validity in Quantitative Research -- Specific Types of Quantitative Research -- Sampling in Quantitative Resesarch -- Data Collection in Quantitative Research -- Measurement and Data Quality -- Developing and Testing Self-Report Scales -- Descriptive Statistics -- Inferential Statistics -- Multivariate Statistics -- Processes of Quantitative Data Analysis and Interpretation -- PART 4: Designing and Conducting Qualitative Studies to Generate Evidence for Nursing -- Qualitative Research Design and Approaches -- Sampling in Qualitative Research -- Data Collection in Qualitative Research -- Qualitative Data Analysis -- Trustworthiness and Integrity in Qualitative Research -- PART 5: Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Studies to Generate Evidence for Nursing -- Overview of Mixed Methods Research -- Developing Complex Nursing Interventions Using Mixed Methods Research -- PART 6: Building an Evidence Base for Nursing Practice -- Systematic Reviews of Research Evidence: Meta-Analysis, Metasynthesis, and Mixed Studies Review -- Disseminating Evidence: Reporting Research Findings -- Writing Proposals to Generate Evidence

Online access:

No online access

Library holdings:

Emmanuel Main Stacks
RT81.5 .P64 2012 – Available

MCPHS Circulation - Manchester Campus
RT81.5 .P64 2012 – Available

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