Limit search to available items
Book Cover
Book
Author Polit, Denise F.

Title Nursing research : generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice / Denise F. Polit, Cheryl Tatano Beck
Edition Eighth edition
Published Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2008]
©2008

Copies

Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 WATERFT HEALTH  610.73072 Pol/Nrg 2008  AVAILABLE
Description xviii, 796 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
4 3/4 in
Contents Part 1: Foundations of Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice -- Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment -- Translating Research Evidence into Nursing Practice: Evidence-Based Nursing -- Generating Evidence: Key Concepts and Steps in Qualitative and Quantitative Research Part 2: Conceptualizing a Study to Generate Evidence for Nursing -- Conceptualizing Research Problems, Research Questions, and Hypotheses -- Finding and Critiquing Evidence: Research Literature Reviews -- Developing a Theoretical or Conceptual Context -- Generating Research Evidence Ethically Part 3: Designing a Study to Generate Evidence for Nursing -- Planning a Nursing Study -- Developing an Approach for a Qualitative Study -- Designing Quantitative Studies -- Enhancing Rigor in Quantitative Research -- Undertaking Research for Specific Purposes -- Developing a Sampling Plan Part 4: Collecting Research Data -- Designing and Implementing a Data Collection Plan -- Collecting Unstructured Data -- Collecting Structured Data -- Assessing Measurement Quality in Quantitative Studies -- Developing and Testing Self-Report Scales Part 5: Analyzing and Interpreting Research Data -- Analyzing Qualitative Data -- Enhancing Quality and Integrity in Qualitative Research -- Describing Data Through Statistics -- Using Inferential Statistics to Test Hypotheses -- Using Multivariate Statistics to Analyze Complex Relationships -- Designing a Qualitative Analysis Strategy: From Data Collection to Interpretation Part 6: Building an Evidence Base for Nursing Practice -- Integrating Research Evidence: Meta-Analysis and Metasynthesis -- Disseminating Evidence: Reporting Research Findings -- Writing Proposals to Generate Evidence
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Nursing -- Research -- Methodology.
Nursing Research -- methods.
Author Beck, Cheryl Tatano.
LC no. 2007006184
ISBN 9780781794688 alkaline paper
0781794684 alkaline paper