INTRODUCTION TO NURSING RESEARCH Incorporating Evidence-Based Practice This title has been archived.
Author: Carol Boswell, EdD, RN, CNE, ANEF, Sharon Cannon, EdD, RN, ANEF
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication Date: 2011
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN 10: 0763776157
ISBN 13: 9780763776152
Edition: 2nd
ISBN 13: 9780763776152
Edition: 2nd
Description:
Introduction to Nursing Research: Incorporating Evidence Based Practice, Second Edition teaches students how to incorporate research into their daily practice, while incorporating all the newest trends and issues, with a focus on evidence based practice. The Second Edition has been updated to include sections on theoretical frameworks, translational research, sampling for longitudinal studies, and a larger focus on Institute of Medicine (IOM) competencies.
Table of Contents
Front Matter
Connection Between Research and Evidence-Based Practice
- Chapter Objectives
- Key Terms
- Introduction
- Providing a Line of Reasoning for EBP and Evidence-Based Research
- Assessing the Need for Research in the Practice Arena
- Obstacles to Using Research
- Responsibility for Using Research
- The Importance of Generating Evidence
- Summary Points
- Multiple Choice Questions
- Discussion Questions
- Suggested Readings
- References
Overview of Research
Ethics and Nursing Research
- Chapter Objectives
- Key Terms
- Introduction
- Ethical Theories
- Historical Overview
- Codifying Research Ethics
- Environment for Ethical Research
- Evidence-Based Practice and Ethical Implications
- Developing a Researchable Topic
- Developing Researchable Questions
- Participant Recruitment and Informed Consent
- Data Collection and Data Analysis
- Publication
- Issues in Quantitative and Qualitative Research
- External Pressures
- Emerging Issues
- Conclusion
- Summary Points
- Critical Discussion: Ethical Issues in Nursing Research
- Multiple Choice Questions
- Discussion Questions
- Suggested Readings
- References
Problem Statement, Research Question, Hypothesis
- Chapter Objectives
- Key Terms
- Introduction
- Identifying Researchable Problems
- Determining Significance of the Problem
- Examining Feasibility of the Problem
- Addressing Nursing Research Priorities
- Problem Statement
- Research Question
- Hypotheses
- Defining Variables for the Study
- Evidence-Based Practice Considerations
- Summary Points
- Multiple Choice Questions
- Discussion Questions
- Suggested Readings
- References
Literature Review: Searching and Writing the Evidence
- Chapter Objectives
- Key Terms
- Introduction
- Definition and Purpose of the Literature Review
- The Literature Review and the Research Process
- Differentiating a Research Article from a Non-Research Article
- Conducting a Literature Review Search
- The Importance of Library Specialists in Conducting a Literature Review
- The Research Idea
- The Research Question
- Definition of Database
- Databases Useful in Nursing
- Basics of Searching
- Other Key Information
- Evaluating the Literature
- Writing the Literature Review
- Summary Points
- Multiple Choice Questions
- Discussion Questions
- Suggested Readings
- References
Sampling
Quantitative Research Design
- Chapter Objectives
- Key Terms
- Introduction
- Characteristics of Quantitative Research Design
- Descriptive Design
- Experimental Design
- Nonexperimental Design
- Time-Dimensional Design
- Quasi-Experimental Design
- Control
- Research Design and Quality Improvement Projects
- Evidence-Based Considerations
- Summary Points
- Multiple Choice Questions
- Discussion Questions
- Suggested Readings
- References
Qualitative Research Methods
- Chapter Objectives
- Key Terms
- Introduction
- A Comparison of Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
- Mixed Method Studies
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Qualitative Data Analysis
- Contributions of Qualitative Research Methods to Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice
- Conclusion
- Summary Points
- Multiple Choice Questions
- Discussion Questions
- Suggested Readings
- References
Data Collection
- Chapter Objectives
- Key Terms
- Overview of Data Collection Methods and Sources
- Accessible Data Versus Novel Data
- Key Categories of Data for Nursing Studies
- Significant Facets of Data Collection Schemes
- Test Methods
- Questionnaire Methods
- Interview Methods
- Focus Group Methods
- Observation Methods
- Secondary (Existing) Data Methods
- Biophysiological Methods
- Achievement of the Data Collection Strategy
- Evidence-Based Practice Considerations
- Summary Points
- Multiple Choice Questions
- Discussion Questions
- Suggested Readings
- References
Mixed Method Research
- Chapter Objectives
- Key Terms
- Introduction
- Components of Mixed Method Procedures
- Types of Mixed Method Strategies
- Data Collection Procedures
- Data Analysis and Validation Procedures
- Evidence-Based Practice Considerations and Mixed Method Research
- Summary Points
- Multiple Choice Questions
- Discussion Questions
- Suggested Readings
- References
Reliability, Validity, and Trustworthiness
Data Analysis
The Research Critique Process
- Chapter Objectives
- Key Terms
- Rationale for Doing a Research Critique
- Elements of a Research Critique
- Process for Conducting a Research Critique
- Critically Assessing Knowledge for Clinical Decision Making
- Employing EBP Guidelines: Instruments for Holistic Practice
- Summary Points
- Multiple Choice Questions
- Discussion Questions
- Suggested Readings
- References
Application of Evidence-Based Nursing Practice with Research
Glossary
Topics within this title:
- Accessible data
- accuracy
- action research
- Adequacy
- analysis of variance
- ANOVA
- applied research
- Appropriateness
- Associative hypothesis
- basic research
- best practices
- Biophysiological data
- bundling
- case study
- Categorical variable
- central tendency
- closed-ended questions
- Cluster sampling
- code of ethics
- Comparative design
- Concurrent research
- Concurrent validity
- Confirmability
- confounding variable
- Consistency
- construct validity
- content analysis
- Content-related validity
- Continuous variable
- control
- convenience sampling
- Convergent validity
- correlation coefficient
- correlational design
- credibility
- Criterion-related validity
- critique
- data collection
- database
- deontology
- Dependability
- dependent variable
- Descriptive design
- dichotomous variable
- Discrete variable
- EBP
- Equivalency reliability
- Ethical theories
- ethics
- Ethnography
- evidence-based practice
- exclusion criteria
- Experimental design
- external validity
- Extraneous variable
- focus group
- grounded theory
- honesty
- Human experimentation
- hypothesis
- in vitro
- in vivo
- inclusion criteria
- independent variable
- informed consent
- institutional review board
- Integrative reviews
- Interclass reliability
- internal validity
- interval scale
- interview
- Intraclass reliability
- IRB
- Literature review
- manipulation
- mean
- Median
- Mixed Method Research
- Mode
- Multimethod research
- National Center for Nursing Research
- National Institute of Nursing Research
- National Institutes of Health
- NCNR
- NIH
- NINR
- nominal scale
- nondirectional hypothesis
- Nonequivalent control group
- Nonexperimental design
- nonprobability sampling
- Novel data
- null hypothesis
- objectivity
- observation
- Observed score
- Obstacle
- open-ended questions
- ordinal scale
- Pearson chi-square
- phenomenology
- PICOT
- population
- predictive validity
- Primary Data
- Probability Sampling
- Problem statement
- Purposive Sampling
- qualitative analysis
- qualitative research
- Quantitative analysis
- Quantitative design
- quantitative research
- Quasi-Experimental Design
- Questionnaire
- Quota Sampling
- Random Sampling
- Randomization
- ratio scale
- Reliability
- Research article
- Research design and quality improvement project
- research hypothesis
- Research process
- research question
- Research use
- research utilization
- Respect and justice
- sample
- sampling error
- Saturation
- Search Engine
- secondary analysis
- Secondary data
- Sequential research
- Simple hypothesis
- Simple random sampling
- Snowball Sampling
- SPSS
- stability
- Standard error of measurement
- Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
- Stratified sampling
- Systematic reviews
- Systematic sampling
- Target population
- teleology
- test
- Theoretical Sampling
- Time-dimensional design
- Transferability
- triangulation
- trustworthiness
- validity
- variable
- Vulnerable subjects