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Author Polit, Denise F., author.

Title 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, Gold Coast, Australia (www.denisepolit.com), Cheryl Tatano Beck, DNSc, CNM, FAAN, Distinguished Professor, School of Nursing, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2012]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Reference Material  REF. 610.73072 P769N    In-Library Use Only
Edition Ninth Edition.
Description xiv, 802 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 753-771) and index.
Summary "Thoroughly updated and revised to emphasize the link between research and evidence-based practice, this Ninth Edition of a classic textbook presents state-of-the-art methods for conducting high-quality studies. The ancillary Resource Manual includes application exercises, models of comprehensive research critiques, a full NINR grant application, and a Toolkit on a CD-ROM, containing exemplary research tools (e.g., consent forms, a demographic questionnaire, statistical table templates)--all in easily-adapted Word documents"--Provided by publisher.
Contents PART 1: Foundations of Nursing Research -- 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 -- PART 2: Conceptualizing and Planning a Study to Generate Evidence for Nursing -- Research Problems, Research Questions, and Hypotheses -- Literature Reviews: Finding and Critiquing Evidence -- Theoretical Frameworks -- Ethics in Nursing Research -- Planning a Nursing Study -- PART 3: Designing and Conducting Quantitative Studies to Generate Evidence for Nursing -- Quantitative Research Design -- Rigor and Validity in Quantitative Research -- Specific Types of Quantitative Research -- Sampling in Quantitative Resesarch -- 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 and Interpretation -- PART 4: Designing and Conducting Qualitative Studies to Generate Evidence for Nursing -- Qualitative Research Design and Approaches -- Sampling in Qualitative Research -- Data Collection in Qualitative Research -- Qualitative Data Analysis -- Trustworthiness and Integrity in Qualitative Research -- PART 5: Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Studies to Generate Evidence for Nursing -- Overview of Mixed Methods Research -- Developing Complex Nursing Interventions Using Mixed Methods Research -- PART 6: Building an Evidence Base for Nursing Practice -- Systematic Reviews of Research Evidence: Meta-Analysis, Metasynthesis, and Mixed Studies Review -- Disseminating Evidence: Reporting Research Findings -- Writing Proposals to Generate Evidence
Subject Nursing -- Research -- Methodology.
Nursing Research -- methods.
Added Author Beck, Cheryl Tatano, author.
ISBN 9781605477084 hardback
1605477087 hardback
9781451109146 hardback
1451109148 hardback
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