Reading, Understanding, and Applying Nursing Research, 7th Edition (EPUB)

By James A. Fain PhD RN BC-ADM FADCES FAAN  

What is the evidence?
How do you find it?
How do you evaluate it?

 Put the evidence to work in practice! Integrate today’s best scientific knowledge into students’ clinical decision-making. Step by step, they’ll learn to effectively evaluate and apply nursing research and to understand its potential impact on the quality of their patient care.   Five Stars! Easy to read. “Great book, easy to read, very good review of research for beginners, lots of information but goes over a lot, definitely a keeper!”—Online Reviewer   Five Stars!! Good Textbook. “Reading this for my NUR 261 Research course. Gets to the point in terms of content and is relatively easy to read.”—Samuel, Online Reviewer   Five Stars!! Very useful. “Love it.”—Online Reviewer  

New! Increased coverage of evidence-based practice in each chapter
New! Focus on recognizing the cues of the Clinical Judgment Measurement Model and preparing for the Next Gen NCLEX®
New! Rapid “Critical Appraisal Checklists” in the chapter on evidence-based practice
New! Emphasis on qualitative research designs
New! Examples of the PICOT model throughout the text
Updated! Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence (SQUIRE 2.0) guidelines
Expanded! Content on qualitative and mixed-methods research designs
Discusses the importance of nursing research as the foundation for best practices (evidence-based nursing) and the different types of nursing scholarship, including research, quality improvement, and evidence-based initiatives.
Covers all the steps of the research process, addressing inductive and deductive reasoning and forming research questions and hypotheses from a conceptual model or theoretical framework.
Addresses how to select a quantitative or qualitative design based on the research question as well as the principles of each type of design and its sampling, data collection, issues of measurement, and data analyses.
Introduces strategies for evaluating and critiquing research reports along with guidelines for using research findings.
Provides easy-to-follow guidelines for reading and critically appraising aspects of the research process in a published study.
Offers tools to make learning easier, including “Learning Objectives,” “Glossaries of Key Terms,” “Excerpts from Existing Research Report,” “Critiquing Aspects of a Research Report,” “Web Links,” “Summary of Key Ideas,” and “Learning Activities”.

 
Product Details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ F.A. Davis Company; Seventh edition (October 7, 2024)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1719649804
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1719649803