Nursing research : Generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice / Denise F. Polit, Cheryl Tatano Beck. [print]

Part 1: -- Foundations of nursing research and evidence-based practice

Introduction to nursing research in an evidence-based practice environment -- Evidence-based nursing: Translating research evidence into practice -- Key concepts and steps in qualitative and quantitative research --

Part 2: -- Conceptualizing and planning a study to generate evidence for nursing

Research problems, research questions, and hypotheses -- Literature reviews: Finding and critically appraising evidence -- Theoretical frameworks -- Ethics in nursing research -- Planning a nursing study --

Part 3: -- Designing and conducting quantitative studies to generate evidence for nursing

Quantitative research design -- Rigor and validity in quantitative research -- Specific types of quantitative research -- Quality improvement and improvement science -- Sampling in quantitative research -- Data collection in quantitative research -- Measurement of data quality -- Developing and testing self-report scales -- Descriptive statistics -- Inferential statistics -- Multivariate statistics -- Processes of quantitative data analysis -- Clinical significance and interpretation of quantitative results --

Part 4: -- Designing and conducting qualitative studies to generate evidence for nursing

Qualitative research design and approaches -- Sampling in qualitative research -- Data collection in qualitative research -- Qualitative data analysis -- Trustworthiness and rigor in qualitative research --

Part 5: -- Designing and conducting mixed methods studies to generate evidence for nursing

Basics of mixed methods research -- Developing complex nursing interventions using mixed methods research -- Feasibility and pilot studies of interventions using mixed methods --

Part 6: -- Building an evidence base for nursing practice

Systematic reviews of research evidence -- Applicability, generalizability, and relevance: Toward practice-based evidence -- Disseminating evidence: Reporting research findings -- Writing proposals to generate evidence.

"Research methodology is a dynamic enterprise. Even after writing 10 editions of this book, we have continued to draw new material and inspiration from ground-breaking advances in research methods and in nurse researchers' use of those methods. It is thrilling to share many of those developments in this new edition. We expect that many of the new methodologic and technological enhancements will be translated into powerful evidence for nursing practice. Four years ago, we considered the 10th edition as a watershed edition of a classic textbook, having added two new chapters. We are persuaded, however, that this 11th edition is even better than the previous one. We have retained many features that made this book a classic textbook and resource, including its focus on research as a support for evidence-based nursing, but have introduced important innovations that we hope will help to shape the future of nursing research."--

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