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Nursing research : generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice / Denise F. Polit, PhD, FAAN, President, Humanalysis, Inc., Saratoga Springs, New York, and Professor, Griffith University School of Nursing, Brisbane, Australia, Cheryl Tatano Beck, DNSc, CNM, FAAN, Distinguished Professor, School of Nursing, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Polit, Denise F., author.
Beck, Cheryl Tatano, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Nursing--Research--Methodology.
Nursing.
Nursing Research--methods.
Medical Subjects:
Nursing Research--methods.
Physical Description:
xiv, 784 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition:
Tenth edition.
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, [2017]
Summary:
Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice, 10th Edition has been updated to incorporate new methodological advances and, to the extent possible, substantive examples used to illustrate concepts will be from articles published in 2013 to 2015. The organizational structure introduced in the 9th edition will be maintained -- i.e., content focusing on quantitative research will be in Part III, and content on qualitative research will be in Part IV.
Contents:
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
Research problems, research questions, and hypotheses
Literature reviews: finding and critiquing evidence
Theoretical frameworks
Ethics in nursing research
Planning a nursing study
Quantitative research design
Rigor and validity in quantitative research
Specific types of quantitative research
Sampling in quantitative research
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
Clinical significance and interpretation of quantitative results
Qualitative research design and approaches
Sampling in qualitative research
Data collection in qualitative research
Qualitative data analysis
Trustworthiness and integrity in qualitative research
Basics of mixed methods research
Developing complex nursing interventions using mixed methods research
Feasibility assessments and pilot tests of interventions using mixed methods
Systematic reviews of research evidence: meta-analysis, metasynthesis, and mixed studies review
Disseminating evidence: reporting research findings
Writing proposals to generate evidence.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781496300232
1496300238
9781496308924
1496308921
OCLC:
919860667

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