Polit, Denise F.,
Nursing research : generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice / Denise F. Polit, Cheryl Tatano Beck. - Eight edition. - Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health /Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008. - xviii, 493 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Introduction to nursing research in an evidence-based practice environment -- Fundamentals of evidence-based nursing practice -- Key concepts and steps in qualitative and quantitative research -- Reading and critiquing research articles -- Ethics in research -- Research problems, research questions, and hypotheses -- Finding and reviewing research evidence in the literature -- Theoretical and conceptual frameworks -- Quantitative research design -- Sampling and data collection in quantitative studies -- Measurement and data quality -- Statistical analysis of quantitative data -- Rigor and interpretation in quantitative research -- Qualitative designs and approaches -- Sampling and data collection in qualitative studies -- Analysis of qualitative data -- Trustworthiness and integrity in qualitative research -- Mixed methods and other special types of research -- Systematic reviews : meta-analysis and metasynthesis.
English
9781605475097 [newsprint]
2012023962
Nursing--Research.
Nursing Research.
Evidence-Based Nursing.
WY 20.5
Nursing research : generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice / Denise F. Polit, Cheryl Tatano Beck. - Eight edition. - Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health /Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008. - xviii, 493 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Introduction to nursing research in an evidence-based practice environment -- Fundamentals of evidence-based nursing practice -- Key concepts and steps in qualitative and quantitative research -- Reading and critiquing research articles -- Ethics in research -- Research problems, research questions, and hypotheses -- Finding and reviewing research evidence in the literature -- Theoretical and conceptual frameworks -- Quantitative research design -- Sampling and data collection in quantitative studies -- Measurement and data quality -- Statistical analysis of quantitative data -- Rigor and interpretation in quantitative research -- Qualitative designs and approaches -- Sampling and data collection in qualitative studies -- Analysis of qualitative data -- Trustworthiness and integrity in qualitative research -- Mixed methods and other special types of research -- Systematic reviews : meta-analysis and metasynthesis.
English
9781605475097 [newsprint]
2012023962
Nursing--Research.
Nursing Research.
Evidence-Based Nursing.
WY 20.5