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LoBiondo-Wood & Haber's Nursing Research in Canada

Methods, Critical Appraisal, and Utilization

  • 6th Edition - January 15, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Mina D. Singh
  • Editors: Ramesh Venkatesa Perumal, Karen A. Campbell
  • Language: English

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Learn how to better understand, critically appraise, and apply research to your everyday practice with LoBiondo-Wood and Haber's Nursing Research in Canada: Methods, Critical Appraisal, and Utilization, 6th Edition. Written by educators and research experts from across Canada, this thoroughly updated textbook is an ideal resource to help you learn the processes behind nursing research and evidence-informed practice. This edition features new research examples that reflect current high-quality Canadian studies, fresh vignettes that depict the work of Canadian nurse-researchers, enhanced readability, and well-balanced coverage of both qualitative and quantitative research methods for evidence-informed practice.

Key features

  • Balanced but distinct coverage of both the qualitative and quantitative approaches to nursing research acquaints you with the processes behind research and evidence-informed practice.
  • Sample research critiques demonstrate how to apply judgement and reasoning principles to published quantitative and qualitative research studies
  • Research Vignettes introduce you to real-world practitioners of nursing research and help bridge the gaps among clinical research, academia, and clinical practice Vignettes cover timely topics facing Canadian nurses
  • Learning aids in every chapter include Key Terms, Learning Outcomes, Research Hints, Evidence-Informed Practice Tips, Appraising the Evidence, Critiquing Criteria, Critique of a Research Study, Critical Thinking Decision Paths, Critical Thinking Challenges, Check Your Understanding questions, and Key Points

Readership

RN students (2nd- and 3rd-year university students) PN to BScN students (3rd-year college students)

Table of contents

PART ONE Research Overview

1. The Role of Research in Nursing

2. Theoretical Frameworks

3. Critical Appraisal Strategies: Reading Research

4. Developing Research Questions, Hypotheses, and Clinical Questions

5. Searching and Appraising the Literature

6. Legal and Ethical Issues

PART TWO Indigenous Peoples: Research, Knowledges, and Ways of Knowing

7. Indigenous Peoples: Research, Knowledges, and Ways of Knowing

PART THREE Qualitative Research

8. Introduction to Qualitative Research

9. Qualitative Approaches to Research

PART FOUR Quantitative Research

10. Introduction to Quantitative Research

11. Experimental and Quasiexperimental Designs

12. Nonexperimental Designs

PART FIVE Processes Related to Research

13. Sampling

14. Data Collection Methods

15. Rigour in Research

16. Qualitative Data Analysis

17. Quantitative Data Analysis

18. Presenting the Findings

PART SIX Critiquing Research

19. Critiquing Qualitative Research

20. Critiquing Quantitative Research

PART SEVEN Application of Research: Evidence‑Informed Practice

21. Developing an Evidence‑Informed Practice

Product details

  • Edition: 6
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 5, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

RV

Ramesh Venkatesa Perumal

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, School of Community and Health Studies, Centennial College; Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

KC

Karen A. Campbell

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

About the author

MS

Mina D. Singh

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada