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Nursing research : generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice
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Nursing research : generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice

Author: Denise F Polit; Cheryl Tatano Beck
Publisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2008.
Edition/Format: Book : CD for computer : English : 8th edView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Computer File, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Denise F Polit; Cheryl Tatano Beck
ISBN: 9780781794688 0781794684
OCLC Number: 169872209
Description: xviii, 796 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Contents: pt. 1. Foundations of nursing research and evidence-based practice -- ch. 1. Introduction to nursing research in an evidence-based practice environment -- ch 2. Translating research evidence into nursing practice : evidence-based nursing -- ch 3. Generating evidence : key concepts and steps in qualitative and quantitative research -- pt. 2. Conceptualizing a study to generate evidence for nursing -- ch. 4. Conceptualizing research problems, research questions, and hypotheses -- ch. 5. Finding and critiquing evidence : research literature reviews -- ch. 6. Developing a theoretical or conceptual context -- ch. 7. Generating research evidence ethically -- pt. 3. Designing a study to generate evidence for nursing -- ch. 8. Planning a nursing study -- ch. 9. Developing an approach for a qualitative study -- ch. 10. Designing quantitative studies -- ch. 11. Enhancing rigor in quantitative research -- ch .12. Undertaking research for specific purposes -- ch. 13. Developing a sampling plan -- pt. 4. Collecting research data -- ch. 14. Designing and implementing a data collection plan -- ch. 15. Collecting unstructured data -- ch. 16. Collecting structured data -- ch. 17. Assessing measurement quality in quantitative studies -- ch. 18. Developing and testing self-report scales -- pt. 5. Analyzing and interpreting research data -- ch 19. Analyzing qualitative data -- ch. 20. Enhancing quality and integrity in qualitative research -- ch. 21. Describing data through statistics -- ch. 22. Using inferential statistics to test hypotheses -- ch. 23. Using multivariate statistics to analyze complex relationships -- ch 24. Designing a qualitative analysis strategy : from data collection to interpretation -- pt. 6. Building an evidence base for nursing practice -- ch. 25. Integrating research evidence : meta-analysis and metasynthesis -- ch 26. Disseminating evidence : reporting research findings -- ch. 27. Writing proposals to generate evidence -- Methodologic references -- Glossary -- Index.
Responsibility: Denise F. Polit, Cheryl Tatano Beck.
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