Research Strategies for Advanced Practice Nurses

Norwood, Susan L.

Pearson（1999/08発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 499 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780838584064
• DDC分類 610.73072

Full Description

For graduate-level courses in Nursing Research.

This text offers presentation and utilization strategies that help make the research process more ? do-able? and exciting. It provides a theoretical basis in processes and principles, while highlighting the role of the researcher in advanced practice. More emphasis is placed on implementing research in a variety of settings than on undertaking original research. Norwood helps to reinforce the critiquing and implementing skills learned by students at the undergraduate level, and introduces the skills needed to assist in the research process. Current research and guidelines for writing and conveying research results are incorporated throughout.

Contents

Preface. Acknowledgments. I. NURSING RESEARCH IN PERSPECTIVE. 1. Nursing Research and Advanced Practice Nursing. 2. Overview of the Research Process. 3. Research Approaches. 4. Ethical Considerations in Nursing 5. Introducing a Study: The Research Problem, Purpose, Subproblems, and Definitions. 6. Reviewing the Literature. 7. Using Frameworks in Research. 8. Control and the Research Process. 9. Research Design. 10. Sampling Strategies. 11. Determining Sample Size. 12. Data-Collection Strategies and Principles of Measurement. 13. Quality Control in Research. III. ANALYZING, INTERPRETING, AND COMMUNICATING RESEARCH FINDINGS. 14. Analyzing Quantitative Data: Descriptive Statistics. 15. Analyzing Quantitative Data: Inferential Statistics. 16. Overview of Multivariate Statistics. 17. Analyzing Qualitative Research Data. 18. Communicating Research Findings. 19. Using Research Findings in Clinical Practice. Appendix A. Glossary of Terms. Appendix B. Selected Print, Database, and Internet Resources for APN Researchers. Appendix C. Table of Random Numbers. Appendix D. Sample Size Tables. Index.