Nursing research : generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice / Denise F. Polit, PhD, FAAN, President, Humanalysis, Inc., Saratoga Springs, New York, and Professor, Griffith University School of Nursing, Brisbane, Australia, Cheryl Tatano Beck, Distinguished Professor, School of Nursing, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.

Author/creator Polit, Denise F. author.
Other author Beck, Cheryl Tatano, author.
Format Book
EditionTenth edition.
PublicationPhiladelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, [2017]
Descriptionxiv, 784 pages : colored illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction to nursing research in an evidence-based practice environment -- Evidence-based nursing: translating research evidence into practice -- Key concepts and steps in qualitative and quantitative research -- Research problems, research questions, and hypotheses -- Literature reviews: finding and critiquing evidence -- Theoretical frameworks -- Ethics in nursing research -- Planning a nursing study -- Quantitative research design -- Rigor and validity in quantitative research -- Specific types of quantitative research -- Sampling in quantitative research -- Data collection in quantitative research -- Measurement and data quality -- Developing and testing self-report scales -- Descriptive statistics -- Inferential statistics -- Multivariate statistics -- Processes of quantitative data analysis -- Clinical significance and interpretation of quantitative results -- Qualitative research design and approaches -- Sampling in qualitative research -- Data collection in qualitative research -- Qualitative data analysis -- Trustworthiness and integrity in qualitative research -- Basics of mixed methods research -- Developing complex nursing interventions using mixed methods research -- Feasibility assessments and pilot tests of interventions using mixed methods -- Systematic reviews of research evidence: meta-analysis, metasynthesis, and mixed studies review -- Disseminating evidence: reporting research findings -- Writing proposals to generate evidence.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2015033543
ISBN9781496300232 (hbk)
ISBN1496300238 (hbk)