Revised edition of: Resource manual to accompany Nursing research / Denise F. Polit, Cheryl Tatano Beck. 8th ed. 2008.
Includes bibliographical references.
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 -- 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 -- 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 research -- 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 -- 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 -- Designing and conducting mixed methods studies to generate evidence for nursing. Overview of mixed methods research -- Developing complex nursing interventions using mixed methods research -- 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 -- Appendix A. Changes in childhood risk taking and safety behavior after a peer group media intervention / Christine Kennedy, Jyu-Lin Chen-- Appendix B. Rooting for the breast : breastfeeding promotion in the NICU / Roberta Cricco-Lizza -- Appendix C.A nurse-facilitated depression screening program in an Army primary care clinic : an evidence-based project / Edward E. Yackel, Madelyn S. McKennan, Adrianna Fox-Deise -- Appendix D. Translating the Diabetes Prevention Program to primary care : a pilot study / Robin Whittemore [and others] -- Appendix E. The arm : there is no escaping the reality for mothers of children with obstetric brachial plexus injuries / Cheryl Tatano Beck -- Appendix F. Why do elders delay responding to heart failure symptoms? / Corrine Y. Jurgens [and others] -- Appendix G. Young women with type 1 diabetes' management of turning points and transitions / Bodil Rasmussen [and others] -- Appendix H. Randomized controlled trial of a psychoeducation program for the self-management of chronic cardiac pain / Michael H. McGillion [and others] -- Appendix I. Differences in perceptions of the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and continuous positive airway pressure therapy among adherers and nonadherers / Amy M. Sawyer -- Critique of Sawyer et al.'s study "Differences in perceptions of the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and continuous positive airway pressure therapy among adherers and nonadherers" -- Appendix J. The development and testing of the nursing teamwork survey / Beatrice J. Kalisch, Hyunhwa Lee, Eduardo Salas -- Appendix K.A meta-analysis of interventions to promote mammography among ethnic minority women / Hae-Ra Han [and others] -- Appendix L. Strangers in strange lands : a metasynthesis of lived experiences of immigrant Asian nurses working in Western countries / Yu Xu -- Appendix M. Older adults' response to health care practitioner pain communication : grant application to NINR, summary sheet, and letter of response to reviewer comments / Deborah Dillon McDonald -- Appendix N. Answers to selected resource manual exercises.