Learn to read, critically appraise, and apply research studies to evidence-based nursing practice! Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice, 8th Edition shows how the use of research evidence can improve patient care and outcomes. In examining your role in nursing research, the book provides a guide to quantitative and qualitative research, mixed methods research, and outcomes research, and makes it easier to understand key topics such as data measurement and the use of statistics in research. A unique Research Example format helps to emphasize the importance of building critical appraisal skills. Written by noted educators Susan K. Grove and Jennifer R. Gray, this title is consistently recognized as the leading undergraduate textbook of nursing research and evidence-based practice.
1. 1. Introduction to nursing research and its importance in building an evidence-based practice - p. 1 2. 2. Introduction to quantitative research - p. 33 3. 3. Introduction to qualitative research - p. 62 4. 4. Examining ethics in nursing research - p. 100 5. 5. Examining research problems, purposes, and hypotheses - p. 129 6. 6. Understanding and critically appraising the literature review - p. 163 7. 7. Understanding theory and research frameworks - p. 186 8. 8. Clarifying quantitative research designs - p. 204 9. 9. Examining populations and samples in research - p. 248 10. 10. Clarifying measurement and data collection in quantitative research - p. 278 11. 11. Understanding statistics in research - p. 317 12. 12. Critical appraisal of quantitative and qualitative research for nursing practice - p. 362 13. 13. Building an evidence-based nursing practice - p. 398 14. Benefits and challenges related to evidence-based nursing practice - p. 399 15. Developing clinical questions to guide the search for research evidence - p. 402 16. Evidence guiding intramuscular injections for prophylactic purposes - p. 404 17. Critically appraising systematic reviews and meta-analyses - p. 406 18. Critically appraising meta-syntheses of qualitative research - p. 421 19. Critically appraising mixed methods research syntheses - p. 426 20. Models to promote evidence-based practice in nursing - p. 430 21. Implementing evidence-based guidelines in practice - p. 441 22. Introduction to evidence-based practice centers - p. 445 23. Introduction to translational research and translational science - p. 447 24. References - p. 450 25. 14. Introduction to additional research methodologies in nursing: Mixed methods and outcomes research - p. 456 26. Glossary - p. 491 27. Index - p. 507 28. Levels of research evidence - p. ES3
Learn to read, critically appraise, and apply research studies to evidence-based nursing practice! Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice, 8th Edition shows how the use of research evidence can improve patient care and outcomes. In examining your role in nursing research, the book provides a guide to quantitative and qualitative research, mixed methods research, and outcomes research, and makes it easier to understand key topics such as data measurement and the use of statistics in research. A unique Research Example format helps to emphasize the importance of building critical appraisal skills. Written by noted educators Susan K. Grove and Jennifer R. Gray, this title is consistently recognized as the leading undergraduate textbook of nursing research and evidence-based practice.
1. 1. Introduction to nursing research and its importance in building an evidence-based practice - p. 1 2. 2. Introduction to quantitative research - p. 33 3. 3. Introduction to qualitative research - p. 62 4. 4. Examining ethics in nursing research - p. 100 5. 5. Examining research problems, purposes, and hypotheses - p. 129 6. 6. Understanding and critically appraising the literature review - p. 163 7. 7. Understanding theory and research frameworks - p. 186 8. 8. Clarifying quantitative research designs - p. 204 9. 9. Examining populations and samples in research - p. 248 10. 10. Clarifying measurement and data collection in quantitative research - p. 278 11. 11. Understanding statistics in research - p. 317 12. 12. Critical appraisal of quantitative and qualitative research for nursing practice - p. 362 13. 13. Building an evidence-based nursing practice - p. 398 14. Benefits and challenges related to evidence-based nursing practice - p. 399 15. Developing clinical questions to guide the search for research evidence - p. 402 16. Evidence guiding intramuscular injections for prophylactic purposes - p. 404 17. Critically appraising systematic reviews and meta-analyses - p. 406 18. Critically appraising meta-syntheses of qualitative research - p. 421 19. Critically appraising mixed methods research syntheses - p. 426 20. Models to promote evidence-based practice in nursing - p. 430 21. Implementing evidence-based guidelines in practice - p. 441 22. Introduction to evidence-based practice centers - p. 445 23. Introduction to translational research and translational science - p. 447 24. References - p. 450 25. 14. Introduction to additional research methodologies in nursing: Mixed methods and outcomes research - p. 456 26. Glossary - p. 491 27. Index - p. 507 28. Levels of research evidence - p. ES3
