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Overview
Designed to accompany Essentials of Nursing Research, Seventh Edition, this study guide covers all topic areas addressed in the textbook, and offers a wealth of study and review exercises to increase comprehension and build confidence. Features include application exercises, completion exercises, crossword puzzles, matching exercises, and appendices with full research reports.
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Meet the Author
Denise F. Polit, PhD, FAAN
President, Humanalysis, Inc., Saratoga Springs, NY 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, CT
Table of Contents
Part 1 Overview of Nursing Research and Its Role in Evidence-Based Practice 1
1 Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment 3
2 Evidence-Based Nursing Practice: Fundamentals 9
3 Key Concepts and Steps in Qualitative and Quantitative Research 14
4 Reading and Critiquing Research Reports 24
5 Ethics in Research 30
Part 2 Preliminary Steps in the Appraisal of Evidence 37
6 Research Problems, Research Questions, and Hypotheses 39
7 Literature Reviews: Finding and Reviewing Research Evidence 47
8 Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks 54
Part 3 Designs for Nursing Research 61
9 Quantitative Research Designs 63
10 Qualitative Designs and Approaches 70
11 Specific Types of Research 76
12 Sampling Plans 83
Part 4 Data Collection 89
13 Data Collection Methods 91
14 Measurement and Data Quality 99
Part 5 Data Analysis and Interpretation 105
15 Statistical Analysis of Quantitative Data 107
16 Rigor and Interpretation in Quantitative Research 115
17 Analysis of Qualitative Data 132
18 Trustworthiness and Integrity in Qualitative Research 139
19 Systematic Reviews: Meta-Analysis and Metasynthesis 145
Appendix A Influence of a Computer Intervention on the Psychological Status of Chronically III Rural Women 152
Appendix B Young Women With Type 1 Diabetes' Management of Turning Points and Transitions 165
Appendix C Coping and Depressive Symptoms in Adults Living With Heart Failure 176
Appendix D Perspectives of Women with Dementia Receiving Care from Their Adult Daughters 182
Appendix E Translating Best Practices in Nondrug Postoperative Pain Management 199
Appendix F A Meta-Analysis of Interventions forInformal Stroke Caregivers 210
Appendix G Strangers in Strange Lands: A Metasynthesis of Lived Experiences of Immigrant Asian Nurses Working in Western Countries 223
Appendix H Answer Key 243