Nursing policy research : turning evidence-based research into health policy / Geri L. Dickson, Linda Flynn, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dickson, Geri L.

Flynn, Linda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing--Research--United States--Methodology.

Nursing.

Evidence-based nursing--United States.

Evidence-based nursing.

Medical policy--United States.

Medical policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nurse leaders, researchers, and evaluators face a vital problem in the profession: how to successfully translate evidence-based research into health policy. In this book, seasoned researchers share their knowledge, skills, and expertise on the most important aspects of the research enterprise and its connection to policy implementation. Readers will learn how to:.:.; Identify the relevant health care issues that policy makers are concerned with.; Collect and manage data that will influence policy discussion.; Translate statistical significance into policy at the institutional, state, and feder

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; SECTION I: DISCOVERING THE RESEARCH TO POLICY CONNECTION; SECTION II: TOWARD EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY: COLLECTING AND MANAGING THE DATA; SECTION III: RESEARCH AND WORKPLACE POLICY; SECTION IV: RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL POLICY; SECTION V: FUNDING THE RESEARCH TO POLICY CONNECTION; SECTION VI: MAKING THE RESEARCH TO POLICY CONNECTION; EPILOGUE; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78268-180-9

1-281-96432-8

9786611964320

0-8261-3334-7

OCLC:

476262202