Nursing research : generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice / Denise F. Polit, Cheryl Tatano Beck.
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TextPublication details: Philadelphia, Pa. ; London : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2011.Edition: 9th ed., International edDescription: 768 p. + 1 computer optical discISBN: - 9781451109146 (hbk.) :
- 9781451109146 (hbk.)
- 610.73072 POL
- 610.73072 22
- RT81.5 .P64 2011
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Previous ed.: 2008.
CD-ROM.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
This comprehensive nursing research textbook continues the expansion of coverage on qualitative research, including important issues for specific qualitative traditions such as ground theory, phenomenology and ethnography. This edition will offer a free companion Website connection.