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Research • Statistic & Theory
Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for
Nursing Practice, Tenth Edition, International Edition
Denise F. Polit, PhD, FAAN
978-1-4963-0892-4 • February 2016 • Hardbound • 7” x 9” • 814 pp • 40 Illus
978-1-4963-0023-2 • North American Edition: Available in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands only
Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing
Practice
, Tenth Edition has been updated to incorporate new
methodological advances and, to the extent possible, substantive
examples used to illustrate concepts will be from articles published in
2013 to 2015. The organizational structure introduced in the 9th edition
will be maintained — i.e., content focusing on quantitative research will
be in Part III, and content on qualitative research will be in Part IV.
Features
•
NEW!
Chapter on conducting a pilot study (Ch. 28). The literature
is full of articles reporting the “findings” from pilot studies, but a lot
has been written in the past five years about (a) how little guidance
there is for designing and reporting pilot studies; and (b) how poor
the quality of many pilot studies is, in part because researchers
misunderstand their purpose and fail to establish important
benchmarks. This new chapter will present cutting-edge guidance
on undertaking pilot studies for nursing intervention research.
•
NEW!
Chapter on a hot new topic, clinical significance (Ch. 20). As
a gold standard text, Polit & Beck are at the forefront of trends by
being the first to cover clinical significance.
• Research Examples. Each chapter concludes with one or two actual
research examples designed to highlight critical points made in the
chapter. In addition, many research examples are used to illustrate
key points in the text and to stimulate ideas for a study.
• Critiquing Guidelines. Most chapters include a section devoted to
guidelines for conducting a critique of each aspect of a research
report..
• Clear, “user friendly” style. The authors paid special attention
to writing in an easily digestible and non-intimidating manner.
Concepts are introduced carefully and systematically, difficult ideas
are presented clearly, and readers are assumed to have no prior
exposure to technical terms.
• Specific practical tips on doing research. The textbook is filled with
practical guidance on how to translate the abstract notions of
research methods into realistic strategies for conducting research.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Foundations of Nursing
Research
Ch. 1: Introduction to Nursing
Research in an Evidence-Based
Practice Environment
Ch. 2: Evidence-Based Nursing:
Translating Research Evidence into
Practice
Ch. 3: Key Concepts and Steps in
Qualitative and Quantitative Research
Part 2: Conceptualizing and Planning
a Study to Generate Evidence for
Nursing
Ch. 4: Research Problems, Research
Questions, and Hypotheses
Ch. 5: Literature Reviews: Finding and
Critiquing Evidence
Ch. 6: Theoretical Frameworks
Ch. 7: Ethics in Nursing Research
Ch. 8: Planning a Nursing Study
Part 3: Designing and Conducting
Quantitative Studies to Generate
Evidence for Nursing
Ch. 9: Quantitative Research Design
Ch. 10: Rigor and Validity in
Quantitative Research
Ch. 11: Specific Types of Quantitative
Research
Ch. 12: Sampling in Quantitative
Research
…Abridged to fit
Resource Manual for Nursing Research: Generating and
Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice, Tenth Edition
Denise F. Polit, PhD, FAAN
978-14963-1335-5 •February2016 •Softbound
NEW !