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Advanced Nursing Research: From Theory to Practice, Third Edition is the ideal graduate-level text for learning how to conduct nursing research, from the development of an idea to the completion of the study. It focuses on the conduct of research with an emphasis on the connection to evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and the use of aggregate data. Despite its wide scope, this text is concise with little repetition. The outstanding feature is its reality-based approach to the actual conduct of research. Difficult, complex topics are addressed in a readable manner while the author uses her own experience and stories about conducting a wide range of research studies to engage students. Advanced Nursing Research: From Theory to Practice, Third Edition reflects the modern practice and current thinking about research and integrates qualitative and quantitative methods, including emerging mixed methods.
Table of Contents
Part One Planning Phase
Chapter 1 Identifying a Research Topic
Chapter 2 Reviewing the Literature
Chapter 3 Theory
Part Two Design Phase
Chapter 4 Experimental Research Designs
Chapter 5 Descriptive Research Designs & Meta-Analysis
Chapter 6 Mixed Methods
Chapter 7 Epidemiology and Longitudinal Designs
Chapter 8 Sampling
Chapter 9 Reliability
Chapter 10 Validity
Chapter 11 Trustworthiness of Qualitative Research
Part Three Implementation Phase
Chapter 12 Ethical Issues and Consent
Chapter 13 Participant Recruitment
Chapter 14 Data Collection: Testing and Observation
Chapter 15 Data Collection: Interviewing
Chapter 16 Internet, Secondary Analysis & Historical Research
Chapter 17 Intervention
Part Four Analysis and Interpretation Phase
Chapter 18 Quantitative Data Management
Chapter 19 Basic Quantitative Data Analysis
Chapter 20 Inferential Analysis
Chapter 21 Analyzing Qualitative Data
Part Five Reporting
Chapter 22 Presenting Your Research Findings
Chapter 23 Publishing Your Research Results
Chapter 24 Preparing Research Proposals
Chapter 25 Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 26 Developing a Program of Research
Chapter 27 Safety and Quality Research
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
