Essentials of nursing research
Subtitle: appraising evidence for nursing practice
By: Denise F. Polit, Cheryl Tatano Beck.
Contributors: Beck, Cheryl Tatano.
Edition: 7th ed.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Philadelphia PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 610
ISBN-13: 9780781781534
Subjects: Nursing -- Research; Nursing Research
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to nursing research in an evidence-based practice environment; title: Evidence-based nursing practice : fundamentals; title: Key concepts and steps in qualitative and quantitative research; title: Reading and critiquing research reports; title: Ethics in research; title: Research problems, research questions, and hypotheses; title: Literature reviews : finding and reviewing research evidence; title: Theoretical and conceptual frameworks; title: Quantitative research designs; title: Qualitative designs and approaches; title: Specific types of research; title: Sampling plans; title: Data collection methods; title: Measurement and data quality; title: Statistical analysis of quantitative data; title: Rigor and interpretation in quantitative research; title: Analysis of qualitative data; title: Trustworthiness and integrity in qualitative research; title: Systematic reviews : meta-analysis and meta-synthesis.