Research for Evidence-based Practice
Published on 8. May 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-4051-2562-8 (ISBN)
Description
"Vital Notes for Nurses: Research for Evidence - based Practice" provides a concise, accessible introduction to research and evidence based practice for pre-registration students and newly qualified nurses. It places research and evidence in the context of clinical practice, introduces the main methodological approaches in qualitative and quantitative research and describes the processes of research appraisal, dissemination and implementation. "Vital Notes for Nurses: Research for Evidence - based Practice" engages students with the research and evidence agenda, demonstrates the relevance of research and evidence to nursing practice, and provides them with the skills needed to explore these areas in greater detail. Each chapter stands alone but contains links to other chapters, together with further reading for students wanting to pursue methods in more detail.
Reviews / Votes
'Although aimed at pre-registration students and newly qualified nurses, this is a useful book for the first-time researcher of any discipline... A refreshing approach to evidence-based practice.' Nursing Standard "This book is easy to follow and is a good start for those wishing to gain a greater understanding of the research process within the development of evidence based care." Emergency TriageMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
9 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 243 mm
Width: 173 mm
Weight
568 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-2562-8 (9781405125628)
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Persons
Robert Newell is Professor of Nursing Research, School of Health Studies, University of Bradford. He is also Series Editor for the Routledge Essentials in Nursing series, and Founding Editor of the journal Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing (Churchill Livingstone).
Content
Section 1: Contextual materials. Chapter 1: Introduction to nursing research for evidence based practice. Chapter 2: The research process - organising your research. Chapter 3: Choosing methodological approaches. Chapter 4: Searching the literature. Chapter 5: Ethics of nursing research. Chapter 6: Basic concepts - sampling, reliability and validity. Section 2: Qualitative approaches. Chapter 7: Issues in qualitative data collection. Chapter 8: Case studies. Chapter 9: Ethnography. Chapter 10: Phenomenology. Chapter 11: A pragmatic approach to qualitative data analysis. Chapter 12: Limitations of qualitative research. Section 3: Quantitative approaches. Chapter 13: Sampling, reliability and validity issues in data collection and analysis. Chapter 14: Cause and effect, hypothesis testing and estimation. Chapter 15: Quasi-experimental and experimental approaches. Chapter 16: The single case experiment. Chapter 17: Randomized controlled trials. Chapter 18: Non-experimental approaches. Chapter 19: Surveys. Chapter 20: The role of statistics. Section 4: Appraisal, dissemination and implementation. 21 Evidence based practice and clinical effectiveness. 22 Critical evaluation of research reports. 23 Writing a research report. 24 Getting research into practice