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Study Guide for Nursing Research

Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice

  • 9th Edition - June 21, 2017
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Geri LoBiondo-Wood, Judith Haber, Carey Berry
  • Language: English

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This essential study guide is thoroughly updated to reflect the refocused content of Nursing Research: Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice, 9th Edition. This chapter-by-chapter review offers a variety of innovative learning activities and multiple-choice questions to help strengthen your research application skills and prepare you for questions you will face on the NCLEX® Exam.

Key features

  • Chapter-by-chapter review and application questions correspond to the LoBiondo-Wood & Haber textbook.

Table of contents

PART I. OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
Research Vignette

1. Integrating Research, Evidence-Based Practice, and Quality Improvement Processes

2. Research Questions, Hypotheses, and Clinical Questions

3. Gathering and Appraising the Literature

4. Theoretical Frameworks for Research

PART II. PROCESSES AND EVIDENCE RELATED TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Research Vignette

5. Introduction to Qualitative Research

6. Qualitative Approaches to Research

7. Appraising Qualitative Research

PART III. PROCESSES AND EVIDENCE RELATED TO QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
Research Vignette

8. Introduction to Quantitative Research

9. Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs

10. Nonexperimental Designs

11. Systematic Reviews and Clinical Practice Guidelines

12. Sampling

13. Legal and Ethical Issues

14. Data Collection Methods

15. Reliability and Validity

16. Data Analysis: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics

17. Understanding Research Findings

18. Appraising Quantitative Research

PART IV. APPLICATION OF RESEARCH: EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
Research Vignette

19. Strategies and Tools for Developing an Evidence-Based Practice

20. Developing an Evidence-Based Practice

21. Quality Improvement

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  • Edition: 9
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 21, 2017
  • Language: English

About the authors

GL

Geri LoBiondo-Wood

Professor Emerita, University of Texas Health Science Center Cizik School of Nursing, Houston, Texas.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, University of Texas Health Science Center Cizik School of Nursing, Houston, TX, USA

JH

Judith Haber

Professor Emerita, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, New York.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY, USA