generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice /
First Statement of Responsibility
Denise F. Polit, PhD, FAAN, President, Humanalysis, Inc., Saratoga Springs, New York, and Professor, Griffith University School of Nursing, Brisbane, Australia (www.denisepolit.com)), Cheryl Tatano Beck, DNSc, CNM, FAAN, Distinguished Professor, School of Nursing, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
Tenth edition.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Philadelphia :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Wolters Kluwer,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2017]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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vii, 488 pages :
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illustrations ;
Dimensions
23 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes crossword puzzles and answers.
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Manual to accompany Nursing Research by Denise F. Polit.
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Perforated pages.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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 -- Research problems, research questions, and hypotheses -- Literature reviews: finding and critiquing evidence -- Theoretical frameworks -- Ethics in nursing research -- Planning a nursing study -- 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 -- Clinical significance and interpretation of quantitative results -- Qualitative research design and approaches -- Sampling in qualitative research -- Data collection in qualitative research -- Qualitative data analysis -- Trustworthiness and integrity in qualitative research -- Basics of mixed methods research -- Developing complex nursing interventions using mixed methods research -- Feasibility assessments and pilot tests of interventions using mixed methods -- Systematic reviews of research evidence: meta-analysis, metasynthesis, and mixed studies review -- Disseminating evidence: reporting research findings -- Writing proposals to generate evidence.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"This text has been thoroughly updated and revised to emphasize the link between research and evidence-based practice and presents state-of-the-art methods for conducting high-quality studies."--Publisher.