Author: Janet Houser

Essential for nursing research courses, Nursing Research: Reading, Using, and Creating Evidence, Second Edition demonstrates how to use research as the basis for successful nursing practice. Fully updated and revised, this reader-friendly new edition provides students with the fundamentals of appraising and utilising research.  It explores both quantitative and qualitative traditions to encourage students to read, use, and participate in the research process.

Table of Contents 

Chapter  1  The Importance of Research as Evidence in Nursing
Chapter  2  The Research Process and Ways of Knowing
Chapter  3  Ethical and Legal Considerations in Research
Chapter  4  Finding Problems and Writing Questions
Chapter  5  The Successful Literature Review
Chapter  6  Theoretical Frameworks
Chapter  7  Selecting an Appropriate Research Design
Chapter  8  The Sampling Strategy
Chapter  9  Measurement Strategies
Chapter  10  Data Collection Methods
Chapter  11  Enhancing the Validity of Research
Chapter  12  Descriptive Research Questions and Procedures
Chapter  13  Summarizing and Reporting Descriptive Data
Chapter  14  Quantitative Research Questions and Procedures
Chapter  15  Analysis and Reporting of Quantitative Data
Chapter  16  Qualitative Research Questions and Procedures
Chapter  17  Analyzing and Reporting Qualitative Results
Chapter  18  Communication Research Findings
Chapter  19  Translating Research into Practice

©2012, 550 pages.