Using focus groups / Claire Goodman and Catherine Evans -- Using questionnaires / Tricia Murphy-Black -- Using observation / Hazel Watson and Rosemary Whyte -- Physiological measurement / Mark Johnson and S. Josâe Closs -- Qualitative analysis / Judith Lathlean -- Descriptive analysis of quantitative data / Jenny Freeman and Stephen Walters -- Examining relationships in quantitative data / Jenny Freeman and Stephen Walters -- Communicating and disseminating research / Kate Gerrish and Anne Lacey -- Evidence-based practice / Kate Gerrish -- Implementing evidence-based practice / Steve Campbell, Helen Hancock and Hilary Lloyd -- The future of nursing research / Ann McMahon and Anne Lacey.