By
Patrick Crookes, PhD, BSc(Nursing), RGN, RNT, Cert Ed, Senior Lecturer, Department of Nursing, University of Wollongang, Australia
Sue Davies, MSc, BSc, RGN, HV, Lecturer in Nursing, Department of Gerontological and Continuing Care Nursing, University of Sheffield, UK
Description
Traditional research textbooks have used the format of the research process which makes research seem even more difficult and remote.
This book is different. Because the purpose of research appreciation is to enable practitioners to use research to develop and improve
practice, it focuses instead on the skills of research appreciation and application which are distinct from the skills necessary to undertake
research. It prepares you to access, critically evaluate, understand and use research-based literature within the multi-disciplinary
context of today's health services. It emphasises: the range of sources of knowledge which inform nursing practice; contemporary research
and the context in which health care research and development takes place; critical evaluation of research reports and research-based
literature, examining the implication of project design and conduct; and the range of skills needed for the application of research findings
and innovation within practice.
