Nursing Catalogue 2016

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Understanding Research for Evidence-Based Practice, Fourth Edition Cherie R. Rebar, PhD, RN, MBA 978-1-4511-9107-3 • October 2014 • Softbound • 7” x 10” • 384 pp. • 77Tables

Understanding Research for Evidence-Based Practice helps develop the knowledge and skills you need to become a research-literate, evidence-based practitioner with this user-friendly book. Mirroring the way practicing nurses read research reports, the book begins with a research article’s conclusion — the section that most directly addresses the clinical meaning of a research study — and works “backward” through each section in the research article. Organized around user-centered questions, such as how conclusions were reached, which patients the conclusions apply to, and how the study was done, each chapter begins with a clinical case that identifies the clinical question the nurse is seeking to answer, followed by one or two published research articles that directly relate to the clinical case. Features • NEW! Additional graphics appeal to visual learners and enhance understanding. • NEW! Comprehensive coverage of systematic reviews, mixed methods, statistics, and evidence-based models has been added, including the AAAAA Evidence-Based Practice Model (Duke, 2010.) • NEW! Online Video Tutorials demonstrate how to work through research studies and theories. • Help your students see the relevance of research to clinical practice through the authors’ unique approach that allows them learn about research methodology in a natural, intuitive way. • Motivate your students with Rebar & Gersch Evidence-Based Bridge Theory — a theory that helps them understand how becoming research literate will help their clinical practice. • Increase your students’ understanding of difficult, abstract concepts through additional graphics that appeal to visual learners. • Broaden your students’ knowledge with enhanced coverage of systematic reviews and mixed method research, including the AAAAA Evidence-Based Practice Model. • Help your students become savvy consumers of research with the book’s easy-to-understand review of the basic statistical information necessary for interpreting research studies. • Broaden your students’ understanding with clinical cases that reflect nursing practice in a variety of settings, from acute care to public health and across a range of specialties.

Research • Statistic & Theory

Table of Contents Ch. 1: Evidence-Based Healthcare: Using Research in Practice Ch. 2: The Research Process: Components and Language of Research Reports Ch. 3: Discussions and Conclusions Ch. 4: Descriptive Results Ch. 5: Inferential Results Ch. 6: Samples Ch. 7: Ethics: What Can Go Wrong? Ch. 8: Data Collection Methods Ch. 9: Research Designs: Planning the Study Ch. 10: Background and the Research Problem Ch. 11: The Research Process Appendix A: Research Articles Appendix B: Demographic Characteristics as Predictors of Nursing Students’ Choice of Type of Clinical Practice Appendix C: Sample In-Class Data Collection Tool Appendix D: In-Class Study Data for Practice Exercise in Chapter 5 Glossary