Burns and Grove's The practice of nursing research : appraisal, synthesis, and generation of evidence /
Practice of nursing research.
Jennifer R. Gray, Susan K. Grove.
- 9th edition.
- xviii, 859 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm.
Revised edition of: Burns and Grove's the practice of nursing research : appraisal, synthesis, and generation of evidence / Jennifer Gray, Susan K. Grove, Suzanne Sutherland. Eighth edition. [2017].
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Unit 1. Introduction to Nursing Research -- Chapter 1. Discovering the world of nursing -- Chapter 2. Evolution of research in building evidence-based nursing practice -- Chapter 3. Introduction to quantitative research -- Chapter 4. Introduction to qualitative research -- Unit 2. The Research Process -- Chapter 5. Research problem and purpose -- Chapter 6. Objectives, questions, hypotheses, and study variables -- Chapter 7. Review of relevant literature -- Chapter 8. Frameworks -- Chapter 9. Ethics in research -- Chapter 10. Quantitative methodology : Noninterventional designs and methods -- Chapter 11. Quantitative methodology : Interventional designs and methods -- Chapter 12. Qualitative research methods -- Chapter 13. Outcomes research -- Chapter 14. Mixed methods research -- Chapter 15. Sampling -- Chapter 16. Quantitative measurement concepts -- Chapter 17. Measurement methods used in developing evidence-based practice-- Unit 3. Putting It All Together for Evidence-Based Health Care -- Chapter 18. Critical appraisal of nursing studies -- Chapter 19. Evidence synthesis and strategies for implementing evidence-based practice -- Unit 4. Collecting and Analyzing Data, Determining Outcomes, and Disseminating Research -- Chapter 20. Collecting and managing data -- Chapter 21. Introduction to statistical analysis -- Chapter 22. Using statistics to describe variables -- Chapter 23. Using statistics to examine relationships -- Chapter 24. Using statistics to predict -- Chapter 25. Using statistics to determine differences -- Chapter 26. Interpreting research outcomes -- Chapter 27. Disseminating research findings -- Unit 5. Proposing and Seeking Funding for Research -- Chapter 28. Writing research proposals -- Chapter 29. Seeking funding for research -- Appendices -- Appendix A. z values table -- Appendix B. Critical values for student's t distribution-- Appendix C. Critical values of r for Pearson Product moment correlation coefficient -- Appendix D. Critical values of F for [alpha] = 0.05 and [alpha] = 0.01 -- Appendix E. Critical values of the X² distribution -- Glossary -- Index.
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