Help your students learn to understand, critically appraise, and apply research to everyday practice with LoBiondo-Wood and Haber's Nursing Research in Canada: Methods, Critical Appraisal, and Utilization, 6th Edition. Written by educators and research experts from across Canada, this thoroughly updated textbook is an ideal resource to help students master the processes behind nursing research and evidence-informed practice. This edition features new research examples that reflect current high-quality Canadian studies, fresh vignettes that depict the work of Canadian nurse-researchers, enhanced readability, and well-balanced coverage of both qualitative and quantitative research methods for evidence-informed practice.
NEW! Thoroughly updated research examples reflect the latest applicable high-quality literature, with an emphasis on Canadian-authored studies
NEW! Coverage of qualitative research in Chapters 8 and 9 is expanded and enhanced
NEW! All Research Vignettes are replaced with new vignettes, and include topics such as using big data, improving health outcomes and culturally safe care for Indigenous families, addressing social and health inequities with qualitative research, understanding culture through nursing research, gender-affirming care, and stories and storytelling in nursing research
NEW! Updated references appear throughout the book
NEW! All-new research articles in appendices address topics such as reducing intimate partner violence in rural and northern regions, Black African newcomer women’s perception of postpartum mental health services in Canada, and tapering opioid prescription programs for high-risk trauma patients
NEW! Overview of Mixed Methods Research appendix provides foundational content for mixed methods research
Balanced but distinct coverage of both the qualitative and quantitative approaches to nursing research acquaints students with the processes behind research and evidence-informed practice
Complete, high-quality research examples include four sample critiques, each demonstrating how to apply judgement and reasoning principles to published quantitative and qualitative research studies
Research Vignettes introduce students to real-world practitioners of nursing research and help bridge the gaps among clinical research, academia, and clinical practice. Vignettes cover timely topics facing Canadian nurses
Learning aids in every chapter include Key Terms, Learning Outcomes, Research Hints, Evidence-Informed Practice Tips, Appraising the Evidence, Critiquing Criteria, Critique of a Research Study, Critical Thinking Decision Paths, Critical Thinking Challenges, Check your Understanding questions,and Key Points
NEW! Thoroughly updated research examples reflect the latest applicable high-quality literature, with an emphasis on Canadian-authored studies
NEW! Coverage of qualitative research is expanded and enhanced
NEW! All-new Research Vignettes include topics such as using big data, improving health outcomes and culturally safe care for Indigenous families, addressing social and health inequities with qualitative research, understanding culture through nursing research, gender-affirming care, and stories and storytelling in nursing research
NEW! Updated references appear throughout the book
NEW! All-new research articles in appendices address topics such as reducing intimate partner violence in rural and northern regions, Black African newcomer women’s perception of postpartum mental health services in Canada, and tapering opioid prescription programs for high-risk trauma patients
NEW! Overview of Mixed Methods Research appendix provides foundational content for mixed methods research
PART ONE Research Overview 1 The Role of Research in Nursing 2 Theoretical Frameworks 3 Critical Appraisal Strategies: Reading Research 4 Developing Research Questions, Hypotheses, and Clinical Questions 5 Searching and Appraising the Literature 6 Legal and Ethical Issues PART TWO Indigenous Peoples: Research, Knowledges, and Ways of Knowing 7 Indigenous Peoples: Research, Knowledges, and Ways of Knowing PART THREE Qualitative Research 8 Introduction to Qualitative Research 9 Qualitative Approaches to Research PART FOUR Quantitative Research 10 Introduction to Quantitative Research 11 Experimental and Quasiexperimental Designs 12 Nonexperimental Designs PART FIVE Processes Related to Research 13 Sampling 14 Data Collection Methods 15 Rigour in Research 16 Qualitative Data Analysis 17 Quantitative Data Analysis 18 Presenting the Findings PART SIX Critiquing Research 19 Critiquing Qualitative Research 20 Critiquing Quantitative Research PART SEVEN Application of Research: Evidence‑Informed Practice 21 Developing an Evidence‑Informed Practice
Mina D. Singh, RN, RP, BSc, BScN, MEd, PhD, I-FCNEI, Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Ramesh Venkatesa Perumal, RN, PhD, MSc(N), CCNE, CNCC®, Professor, School of Community and Health Studies, Centennial College; Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Karen A. Campbell, RN, MScN, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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