Understanding nursing research : using research in evidence-based practice.

Previous ed.: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Evidence-based nursing : using research in practice :- Introduction--Questions for patient care--Developing an effective Clinical question--Published abstract: What would you conclude?--Systematic reviews in evidence-based nursing--Summary--2. The research process : components and language of research reports:- Introduction--The language of research--Components of published research reports--Research reports and the research pprocess--Summary of the research process contrasted to the research report--Published report - What did you conclude?--Summary--3. Discussion and conclusions:- The end of a research report - Discussions and conclusions--Discussions--Conclusions--Common errors in research reports--Critically reading discussion and conclusion sections of reports--Published reports- What would you conclude? --4. Descriptive results:- Differentiating description from inference--Understanding the language of results sections--Connecting results that describe to conclusions--Common errors in the reports of descriptive results--Critically reading results sections of research reports--Published report-what would you conclude? --5. Inferential results:-The purpose of inferential statistics--Probability and significance--Parametric and nonparametric statistics--Bivariate and Multivariate tests--Hypothesis testing--In-class study data--Connecting inferential statistical results to conclusions--Common errors in results sections--Critically reading the results section of a report -revisited--Published report-What would you conclude? -- 6. Samples:- Samples versus populations--Sampling in qualitative research--Sampling in quantitative research--Differences in qualitative and quantitative sampling--Problems with the sampling process--Problems with sampling outcomes--Common errors in reports of samples--Connecting sampling to the study results and conclusions--Critically reading the sample section of research reports--Published reports - would you change your practice? -- 7. Sampling errors and ethics : what can go wrong?:- Which nursing actions are research and require special ethical consideration?--Informed consent--Critically reading reports of sampling and recognizing common errors--Published reports - What do they say about consent and the sampling process?--8. Data collection methods:- Revisiting study variables--Methods for constructing the meaning of variables in qualitative research--Errors in data collection in qualitative research--Methods to measure variables in quantitative research--Errors in data collection in quantitative research--Common errors in written reports of data collection methods--Critically reading methods sections of research reports--Connecting data collection methods to samplinng, results, and discussion/conclusion--Published reports - Would you use these studies in clinical practice?--9. Research designs : planning the study:- Research designs: Why are they important--Qualitative research designs--Quantitative research designs--How can one get the wrong design for the right question?--Common errors in published reports of research designs--Published report - Did design affect your conclusion?--Critically reading the description of the study design in a research report -- 10. Background and the research problem:- Sources of problems for research--Background section of research reports--Literature review sections of research reports--Linking the literature review to the study design--Published reports - Has the case been made for the research study?--Common errors in reports of the background and literature review--Critically reading background and literature review sections of a research report--11. The research process:- The research process--Research process contrasted to the research report--Factors that affect the research process--Generating knowledge can be fun--Published reports - What do you conclude now?--12. The role of research in nursing:- History of nursing research--Linking theory, education and practice with research--Evidence-based practice: pros and cons--Quality improvement: Framed within the research process--Where are we going? Roles of nurses in research--Finding answers through research--Fictional article: What would you conclude?.

Organized around the questions students typically have when they read published research, this text will explicitly link knowledge and understanding nursing research practice with evidence-based practice without using the traditional approach of taking students through the research process.