| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
viii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Vital notes |
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Vital notes.
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| Note |
Rev. ed. of: Vital notes for nurses : research for evidence-based practice / Robert Newell, Philip Burnard. 2006. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The research process : organising your research -- Choosing methodological approaches -- Searching the literature -- Ethics of healthcare research -- Basic concepts : sampling, reliability and validity -- Issues in qualitative data collection -- Case studies -- Ethnography -- Phenomenology -- A pragmatic approach to qualitative data analysis -- Limitations of qualitative research -- Sampling, reliability and validity issues in data collection and analysis -- Cause and effect, hypothesis testing and estimation -- Experimental and quasi-experimental approaches -- The single case experiment -- Randomised controlled trials -- Non-experimental approaches -- Surveys -- The role of statistics -- Evidence-based practice and clinical effectiveness -- Critical evaluation of research reports -- Writing a research report -- Getting research into practice. |
| Summary |
This is an essential, accessible introduction to the practicalities of research and evidence-based practice aimed at all pre-registration nursing and health care students. It places research and evidence in the context of clinical practice, introduces the main methodological approaches in qualitative and quantitative research and describes the processes of research appraisal, dissemination and implementation. |
| Subject |
Nursing -- Research -- Methodology.
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Evidence-based nursing.
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Nursing Research -- methods.
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Evidence-Based Nursing -- methods.
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| Added Author |
Burnard, Philip.
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Newell, Robert, 1954-
Vital notes for nurses.
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| ISBN |
9781444331127 paperback alkaline paper |
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1444331124 paperback alkaline paper |
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