Full Description
This essential study guide is completely updated to reflect the evidence-based focus and fresh content of the 7th edition of Nursing Research. It provides chapter-by-chapter review and a variety of innovative learning activities to help you strengthen your critical appraisal and research application skills.Introduction and Learning Outcomes help you focus on key content.Content Mastery Activities such as fill-in-the-blank, matching, and multiple-choice questions, word scramble exercises, crossword puzzles, and critical thinking activities help you apply essential concepts.Critique Activities refer to research studies from the textbook and challenge you to critique various aspects of the research.Web-Based Activities direct you to online sources of information to practice appraising research found on the Internet.Evidence-Based Practice Activities at the end of each chapter reinforce the importance of using research evidence in clinical practice.An Answer Key at the back of the study guide allows you to check your answers for immediate performance feedback.
Contents
PART I. OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICEIntegrating the Processes of Research and Evidence-Based PracticeResearch Questions, Hypotheses, and Clinical QuestionsGathering and Appraising the LiteratureIntroduction to Qualitative ResearchQualitative Approaches to ResearchAppraising Qualitative ResearchIntroduction to Quantitative ResearchExperimental and Quasiexperimental DesignsNonexperimental DesignsSamplingLegal and Ethical IssuesData Collection MethodsReliability and ValidityData Analysis: Descriptive and Inferential StatisticsUnderstanding Research FindingsAppraising Quantitative ResearchDeveloping an Evidence-Based PracticeTools for Applying Evidence to PracticeANSWER KEY
