ME&A Textbook Catalogue 2016

NURSING

Measurement and the Measurement of Change D. Polit

Ideal for health professionals who develop new instruments, adapt existing ones, select instruments for use in clinical trials or in clinical practice, interpret information from measurements and changes in scores, or undertake a systematic review on instruments, Measurement and the Measurement of Change: A Primer for the Health Professions provides a “gentle” introduction to and overview of complex measurement content that helps ensure high-quality science and excellence in clinical practice. While the book assumes a basic understanding of statistics and statistical inference, the statistical content serves to enhance conceptual understanding

rather than to guide computations. This highly practical book draws on measurement theory and approaches from a variety of fields and includes recent advances from psychometrics, clinimetrics, and other fields not offered in other health measurement books. 978-1-4511-9449-4 / 352 pp / 39 illus / Feb 2015

Understanding Nursing Research: Using Research in Evidence-Based Practice, 4th Edition C. Rebar, C. Gersch, C. Macnee, S. McCabe Designed to help students become research-literate, evidence-based

practitioners, the Fourth Edition of Understanding Research for Evidence- Based Practice takes a unique approach that mirrors the way practicing nurses intuitively read research reports. Beginning with the conclusion of a research article—the section that most directly addresses the clinical meaning of a research study—the book works “backward” through the sections of a research article. 978-1-4511-9107-3 / 384 pp / 2014

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