Learn how to better understand and apply research to your everyday practice with LoBiondo-Wood and Haber's Nursing Research in Canada: Methods, Critical Appraisal, and Utilization, 6th Edition. Written by an all-star team of educators and research experts from Canada and the US, this thoroughly updated textbook is an ideal resource to help ground you learn the processes behind nursing research and evidence-informed practice. This edition features new research examples that reflect the most current high-quality Canadian studies, fresh vignettes that depict the work of Canadian nurse-researchers, enhanced readability, and well-balanced coverage of both qualitative and quantitative research methods and of evidence-informed practice.
• Balanced but distinct coverage of both the qualitative and quantitative approaches to nursing research acquaints students with the processes behind research and evidence-based/evidence-informed practice. • Complete, high-quality research examples, including four sample critiques, demonstrate how to apply the judgement and reasoning principles outlined in the text to published quantitative and qualitative research studies. • Research Vignettes introduce students to real-world practitioners of nursing research and help bridge the gaps among clinical research, academia, and clinical practice. Vignettes cover timely topics facing Canadian nurses. • Effective learning aids in every chapter include Key Terms, Learning Outcomes, Research Hints, Evidence-Informed Practice Tips, Appraising the Evidence, Critiquing Criteria, Critique of a Research Study, Critical Thinking Decision Paths, Critical Thinking Challenges, Critical Judgement Questions, and Key Points.
1. 8. Introduction to qualitative research - p. 164 2. 9. Qualitative approaches to research - p. 178 3. PART FOUR. Quantitative Research - p. 201 4. Research Vignette: Key Principles for Addressing Social and Health Inequities Using Quantitative Research - p. 202 5. 10. Introduction to quantitative research - p. 205 6. 11. Experimental and quasiexperimental designs - p. 223 7. 12. Nonexperimental designs - p. 241 8. PART FIVE. Processes Related to Research - p. 267 9. Research Vignette: Understanding the Complexities of Culture Through Nursing Research - p. 268 10. 13. Sampling - p. 271 11. 14. Data collection methods - p. 300 12. 15. Rigour in research - p. 318 13. 16. Qualitative data analysis - p. 340 14. 17. Quantitative data analysis - p. 355 15. 18. Presenting the findings - p. 385 16. PART SIX. Critiquing Research - p. 401 17. Research Vignette: Stories and Storytelling in Nursing Research - p. 402 18. 19. Critiquing qualitative research - p. 404 19. 20. Critiquing quantitative research - p. 441 20. PART SEVEN. Application of Research: Evidence-Informed Practice - p. 485 21. Research Vignette: Nursing Research Informing Gender-Affirming Care - p. 486 22. 21. Developing an evidence-informed practice - p. 489 23. Appendix A. Service providers’ perspectives: Reducing intimate partner violence in rural and northern regions of Canada - p. 515 24. Appendix B. Tapering opioid prescription program for high risk trauma patients: A pilot randomized controlled trial - p. 531 25. Appendix C. Black African newcomer women’s perception of postpartum mental health services in Canada - p. 546 26. Appendix D. Single room maternity care versus traditional maternity care: A cross sectional study examining differences in mothers’ perceptions of readiness for discharge and satisfaction and health outcomes - p. 558 27. Appendix E. An overview of mixed methods research - p. 572 28. Answers and rationales to check your understanding questions - p. 577 29. Glossary - p. 585 30. Index - p. 597
Learn how to better understand and apply research to your everyday practice with LoBiondo-Wood and Haber's Nursing Research in Canada: Methods, Critical Appraisal, and Utilization, 6th Edition. Written by an all-star team of educators and research experts from Canada and the US, this thoroughly updated textbook is an ideal resource to help ground you learn the processes behind nursing research and evidence-informed practice. This edition features new research examples that reflect the most current high-quality Canadian studies, fresh vignettes that depict the work of Canadian nurse-researchers, enhanced readability, and well-balanced coverage of both qualitative and quantitative research methods and of evidence-informed practice.
• Balanced but distinct coverage of both the qualitative and quantitative approaches to nursing research acquaints students with the processes behind research and evidence-based/evidence-informed practice. • Complete, high-quality research examples, including four sample critiques, demonstrate how to apply the judgement and reasoning principles outlined in the text to published quantitative and qualitative research studies. • Research Vignettes introduce students to real-world practitioners of nursing research and help bridge the gaps among clinical research, academia, and clinical practice. Vignettes cover timely topics facing Canadian nurses. • Effective learning aids in every chapter include Key Terms, Learning Outcomes, Research Hints, Evidence-Informed Practice Tips, Appraising the Evidence, Critiquing Criteria, Critique of a Research Study, Critical Thinking Decision Paths, Critical Thinking Challenges, Critical Judgement Questions, and Key Points.
1. 8. Introduction to qualitative research - p. 164 2. 9. Qualitative approaches to research - p. 178 3. PART FOUR. Quantitative Research - p. 201 4. Research Vignette: Key Principles for Addressing Social and Health Inequities Using Quantitative Research - p. 202 5. 10. Introduction to quantitative research - p. 205 6. 11. Experimental and quasiexperimental designs - p. 223 7. 12. Nonexperimental designs - p. 241 8. PART FIVE. Processes Related to Research - p. 267 9. Research Vignette: Understanding the Complexities of Culture Through Nursing Research - p. 268 10. 13. Sampling - p. 271 11. 14. Data collection methods - p. 300 12. 15. Rigour in research - p. 318 13. 16. Qualitative data analysis - p. 340 14. 17. Quantitative data analysis - p. 355 15. 18. Presenting the findings - p. 385 16. PART SIX. Critiquing Research - p. 401 17. Research Vignette: Stories and Storytelling in Nursing Research - p. 402 18. 19. Critiquing qualitative research - p. 404 19. 20. Critiquing quantitative research - p. 441 20. PART SEVEN. Application of Research: Evidence-Informed Practice - p. 485 21. Research Vignette: Nursing Research Informing Gender-Affirming Care - p. 486 22. 21. Developing an evidence-informed practice - p. 489 23. Appendix A. Service providers’ perspectives: Reducing intimate partner violence in rural and northern regions of Canada - p. 515 24. Appendix B. Tapering opioid prescription program for high risk trauma patients: A pilot randomized controlled trial - p. 531 25. Appendix C. Black African newcomer women’s perception of postpartum mental health services in Canada - p. 546 26. Appendix D. Single room maternity care versus traditional maternity care: A cross sectional study examining differences in mothers’ perceptions of readiness for discharge and satisfaction and health outcomes - p. 558 27. Appendix E. An overview of mixed methods research - p. 572 28. Answers and rationales to check your understanding questions - p. 577 29. Glossary - p. 585 30. Index - p. 597
