Essentials of nursing research : Appraising evidence for nursing practice

Polit, Denise F. (Author). Beck, Cheryl Tatano. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781451176797 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xviii, 493 pa. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
Edition: 8th ed.
Publisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health /Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part 1. Overview of nursing research and its role in evidence-based practice: 1. Introduction to nursing research in an evidence-based practice environment -- 2. Fundamentals of evidence-based nursing practice -- 3. Key concepts and steps in qualitative and quantitative research -- 4. Reading and critiquing research articles -- 5. Ethics in research -- Part 2. Preliminary steps in research: 6. Research problems, research questions, and hypotheses -- 7. Finding and reviewing research evidence in literature -- 8. Theoretical and conceptual frameworks -- Part 3. Quantitative research: 9. Quantitative research design -- 10. Sampling and data collection in quantitative studies -- 11. Measurment and data quality -- 12. Statistical analysis of quantitative data -- 13. Rigor and interpretation in quantitative research -- Part 4. Qualitative research: 14. Qualitative designs and approaches -- 15. Sampling and data collection in Qualitativ studies -- 16. Analysis of qualitative data -- 17. Trustworthiness and integrity in qualitative research -- Part 5. Special topics in research: 18. Mixed methods and other special types of research -- 19. Systematic reviews: meta-analysis and metasynthesis -- Glossary -- Appendix A. Howell and colleagues' (2007) study: The relationship among anxiety, anger, and blood pressure in children -- Appendix B. Beck and Watson's (2010) study: Subsequent childbirth after a previous tramatic birth -- Appendix C.