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Essentials of nursing research : appraising evidence for nursing practice

Title
Essentials of nursing research : appraising evidence for nursing practice / Denise F. Polit, Cheryl Tatano Beck.
Author
Polit, Denise F.
Publication
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health /Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2014], ©2014.

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Additional Authors
Beck, Cheryl Tatano.
Description
xviii, 493 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 26 cm
Subject
  • Nursing > Research
  • Nursing Research
  • Evidence-Based Nursing
Bibliography (note)
  • 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.
ISBN
  • 9781451176797 (pbk.)
  • 1451176791 (pbk.)
LCCN
2012023962
OCLC
  • ocn795553761
  • 795553761
  • SCSB-9074064
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries