Essentials of nursing research : appraising evidence for nursing practice /: appraising evidence for nursing practice. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Denise F. Polit, Cheryl Tatano Beck.
• Other Names: Polit, Denise F; Beck, Cheryl Tatano
• Contents: Introduction to nursing research in an evidence-based practice environment -- Fundamentals of evidence-based nursing practice -- Key concepts and steps in qualitative and quantitative research -- Reading and critiquing research articles -- Ethics in research -- Research problems, research questions, and hypotheses -- Finding and reviewing research evidence in the literature -- Theoretical and conceptual frameworks -- Quantitative research design -- Sampling and data collection in quantitative studies -- Measurement and data quality -- Statistical analysis of quantitative data -- Rigor and interpretation in quantitative research -- Qualitative designs and approaches -- Sampling and data collection in qualitative studies -- Analysis of qualitative data -- Trustworthiness and integrity in qualitative research -- Mixed methods and other special types of research -- Systematic reviews : meta-analysis and metasynthesis.
• Edition: 8th ed
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : LWW
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (512 pages)
• Subjects: 610.73072; Nursing -- Research; Nursing Research; Evidence-Based Nursing
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781469826073; 1469826070
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