Nursing Research: Designs and Methods - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition

by Roger Watson, BSc PhD RN FIBiol FHEA FRSA FEANS FRCP Edin FFNMRCSI FRCN FAAN, Hugh McKenna, PhD, RMN, RGN, DipN(Lond), AdvDipEd, RNT, Seamus Cowman and John Keady

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ISBN: 9780702060021

Publication Date: 02-29-2008

Page Count: 402

Imprint: Churchill Livingstone

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This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It has been written by nurses for nurses and is research-minded, conceptually and theoretically up-to-date and student-centred. It is a comprehensive introduction to nursing research that will allow readers to build up their understanding of the research process and develop confidence in its practical application.

Key Features
- Text supported by examples from ‘real life’ research
- International perspective on nursing research
- Comprehensive coverage including established and innovative designs and methods
Contents

Section 1 Approaches to research

The Nature and Language of Nursing Research
Approaches to Research
Participative Approaches to Research
Feminist Methodology in Nursing Research
Historical Research
Evaluation Research

Section 2 The process of research

Asking Research Questions
Accessing the Nursing Research Literature
Synthesising Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence within a Systematic Review
The Cochrane Collaboration, Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis
Evaluating the Literature
Research Governance and Research Ethics
The Research Proposal
Managing a Research Project
Supervising Research Students
Publishing and Disseminating Research

Section 3 Research designs

Surveys in Nursing Research and Practice
Randomised Controlled Trials
Single-case Experiments
Action Research
Grounded Theory Nursing Research
Phenomenology
Ethnography
The Delphi Technique
Longitudinal Studies
Triangulation

Section 4 Data collection and analysis

Interviews
Focus Groups
Questionnaires
Observation
Q Methodology in Nursing Research
Narrative Research and Analysis
Qualitative Data Analysis: Achieving Order out of Chaos
Descriptive Statistics
Inferential Statistics
Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
Authors

Roger Watson, BSc PhD RN FIBiol FHEA FRSA FEANS FRCP Edin FFNMRCSI FRCN FAAN, Professor of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences,The University of Hull, Hull, UK, Hugh McKenna, PhD, RMN, RGN, DipN(Lond), AdvDipEd, RNT, Dean, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, University of Ulster; Visiting Professor, Nursing Research, University of Nortumbria; Visiting Professor, Nursing Research, University of Bangor, Wales, UK, Seamus Cowman, Head of Nursing and John Keady
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