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Nursing Research: Designs and Methods
- 1st Edition - February 22, 2008
- Editors: Roger Watson, Hugh McKenna, Seamus Cowman, John Keady
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 0 2 7 7 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 3 3 4 9 - 0
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It has been written by nurses for nurses and is research-minded, conceptually and… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThis title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It has been written by nurses for nurses and is research-minded, conceptually and theoretically up-to-date and student-centred. It is a comprehensive introduction to nursing research that will allow readers to build up their understanding of the research process and develop confidence in its practical application.
- Text supported by examples from ‘real life’ research
- International perspective on nursing research
- Comprehensive coverage including established and innovative designs and methods
Section 1 Approaches to research
The Nature and Language of Nursing Research
Approaches to Research
Participative Approaches to Research
Feminist Methodology in Nursing Research
Historical Research
Evaluation Research
Section 2 The process of research
Asking Research Questions
Accessing the Nursing Research Literature
Synthesising Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence within a Systematic Review
The Cochrane Collaboration, Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis
Evaluating the Literature
Research Governance and Research Ethics
The Research Proposal
Managing a Research Project
Supervising Research Students
Publishing and Disseminating Research
Section 3 Research designs
Surveys in Nursing Research and Practice
Randomised Controlled Trials
Single-case Experiments
Action Research
Grounded Theory Nursing Research
Phenomenology
Ethnography
The Delphi Technique
Longitudinal Studies
Triangulation
Section 4 Data collection and analysis
Interviews
Focus Groups
Questionnaires
Observation
Q Methodology in Nursing Research
Narrative Research and Analysis
Qualitative Data Analysis: Achieving Order out of Chaos
Descriptive Statistics
Inferential Statistics
Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
The Nature and Language of Nursing Research
Approaches to Research
Participative Approaches to Research
Feminist Methodology in Nursing Research
Historical Research
Evaluation Research
Section 2 The process of research
Asking Research Questions
Accessing the Nursing Research Literature
Synthesising Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence within a Systematic Review
The Cochrane Collaboration, Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis
Evaluating the Literature
Research Governance and Research Ethics
The Research Proposal
Managing a Research Project
Supervising Research Students
Publishing and Disseminating Research
Section 3 Research designs
Surveys in Nursing Research and Practice
Randomised Controlled Trials
Single-case Experiments
Action Research
Grounded Theory Nursing Research
Phenomenology
Ethnography
The Delphi Technique
Longitudinal Studies
Triangulation
Section 4 Data collection and analysis
Interviews
Focus Groups
Questionnaires
Observation
Q Methodology in Nursing Research
Narrative Research and Analysis
Qualitative Data Analysis: Achieving Order out of Chaos
Descriptive Statistics
Inferential Statistics
Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
- No. of pages: 402
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 22, 2008
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443102776
- eBook ISBN: 9780702033490
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Roger Watson
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences,The University of Hull, Hull, UKHM
Hugh McKenna
Affiliations and expertise
Dean, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, University of Ulster; Visiting Professor, Nursing Research, University of Nortumbria; Visiting Professor, Nursing Research, University of Bangor, Wales, UKSC
Seamus Cowman
Affiliations and expertise
Head of Nursing