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Advanced nursing research : from theory to practice / Ruth Tappen, EDD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Christine E. Lynn Eminent Scholar in Nursing, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida.
LIBRA - Running Press Collection WY 20.5 T175a 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tappen, Ruth M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nursing--Research--Methodology.
- Nursing.
- Nursing Research--methods.
- Research Design.
- Medical Subjects:
- Nursing Research--methods.
- Research Design.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 571 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2016]
- Summary:
- "Teaches students how to prepare research proposals and carry out research studies using a practical approach. The second edition puts a greater emphasis on evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and the use of aggregate data. The outstanding feature of this text is its reality-based approach to the actual conduct of research. The text also reflects current practice and current thinking about research and integrates qualitative and quantitative methods, including emerging mixed methods"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Identifying a research topic
- Reviewing the literature
- Theory
- Design phase
- Experimental research designs
- Descriptive research designs, mixed methods, and meta-analysis
- Epidemiological and longitudinal designs
- Sampling
- Reliability
- Validity
- Rigor in qualitative research
- Research ethics
- Participant recruitment
- Data collection : testing and observation
- Data collection : interviewing individuals and groups
- Internet, secondary analysis, and historical research
- Intervention
- Quantitative data management
- Basic quantitative data analysis
- Inferential analysis
- Analysis of qualitative data
- Presenting your research findings
- Publishing your research findings
- Preparing research proposals
- Evidence-based practice
- Patient safety and quality research
- Developing a program of research.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781284048308
- 1284048306
- OCLC:
- 911834495
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