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Nursing Research
Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice
- 10th Edition - June 29, 2021
- Authors: Geri LoBiondo-Wood, Judith Haber
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 6 2 9 1 - 5
- Other ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 2 9 6 0 - 1
Find out why this book is a student favorite! Providing a solid foundation in nursing research and evidence-based practice, Nursing Research: Methods and Critical Appraisal for E… Read more
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Request a sales quoteFind out why this book is a student favorite! Providing a solid foundation in nursing research and evidence-based practice, Nursing Research: Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice, 10th Edition offers balanced coverage of both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand approach. This edition features new content on trending topics, including the Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam (NGN), as well as improved usability, user-friendly learning aids, and full-text research articles to help you better understand how to apply research to everyday clinical practice.
- Balanced coverage explores the nursing research process and the EBP process, as well as qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.
- User-friendly writing style and engaging learning aids throughout the text include full-text research examples, Helpful Hints, EBP Tips, IPE Highlights, Research Vignettes, Clinical Judgment Challenges, Critical Appraisal Criteria, and more!
- Innovative format integrates examples from current, high-quality, relevant full-text research articles.
- "All-star" team of contributors is a widely respected collection of experts in nursing research and EBP.
- Cover Image
- Title Page
- Copyright
- About the Authors
- Contributors
- To the Faculty
- To the Student
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- Part I Overview of Research and Evidence-Based Practice
- RESEARCH VIGNETTE
- REFERENCES
- 1 Integrating Research, Evidence-Based Practice, and Quality Improvement Processes
- KEY TERMS
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- NURSING RESEARCH, EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE, AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
- TYPES OF RESEARCH: QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE
- CRITICAL APPRAISAL SKILLS
- STRATEGIES FOR APPRAISING RESEARCH STUDIES
- OVERCOMING BARRIERS: USEFUL APPRAISAL STRATEGIES
- EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND RESEARCH
- RESEARCH ARTICLES: FORMAT AND STYLE
- SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS: META-ANALYSES, INTEGRATIVE REVIEWS, AND META-SYNTHESES
- CLINICAL GUIDELINES
- QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
- KEY POINTS
- CLINICAL JUDGMENT CHALLENGES
- REFERENCES
- 2 Appraising Research Questions, Hypotheses, and Clinical Questions
- KEY TERMS
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- DEVELOPING AND REFINING A RESEARCH QUESTION: STUDY PERSPECTIVE
- THE FULLY DEVELOPED RESEARCH QUESTION
- STUDY PURPOSE, AIMS, OR OBJECTIVES
- DEVELOPING THE RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HYPOTHESIS AND THE RESEARCH DESIGN
- DEVELOPING AND REFINING A CLINICAL QUESTION: A CONSUMER’S PERSPECTIVE
- KEY POINTS
- CLINICAL JUDGMENT CHALLENGES
- REFERENCES
- 3 Gathering and Appraising the Literature
- KEY TERMS
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
- SEARCHING FOR EVIDENCE
- FRAMING BACKGROUND QUESTIONS AND INITIAL SEARCHING
- FRAMING CLINICAL QUESTIONS and SEARCHING FOR PRIMARY EVIDENCE
- EVALUATING AND REFINING THE SEARCH STRATEGY
- ORGANIZING AND SCREENING RESULTS
- SYNTHESIZING AND COMMUNICATING RESULTS
- CONCLUSION
- KEY POINTS
- CLINICAL JUDGMENT CHALLENGES
- REFERENCES
- 4 Theoretical Frameworks for Research
- KEY TERMS
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- PRACTICE-THEORY-RESEARCH LINKS
- OVERVIEW OF THEORY
- THEORY TYPES
- Nursing Theories Used in Practice and Research
- HOW THEORY IS USED IN RESEARCH
- APPLICATION TO RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
- KEY POINTS
- CLINICAL JUDGMENT CHALLENGES
- REFERENCES
- Part II Processes and Evidence Related to Qualitative Research
- RESEARCH VIGNETTE
- REFERENCES
- 5 Introduction to Qualitative Research
- KEY TERMS
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- WHAT IS QUALITATIVE RESEARCH?
- WHAT DO QUALITATIVE RESEARCHERS BELIEVE?
- DOES THE METHODOLOGY FIT WITH THE RESEARCH QUESTION BEING ASKED?
- COMPONENTS OF A QUALITATIVE RESEARCH STUDY
- DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
- FOUNDATION OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
- KEY POINTS
- CLINICAL JUDGMENT CHALLENGES
- REFERENCES
- 6 Qualitative Approaches to Research
- KEY TERMS
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- QUALITATIVE APPROACH AND NURSING SCIENCE
- QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS
- SYNTHESIZING QUALITATIVE EVIDENCE: META-SYNTHESIS
- ISSUES IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
- KEY POINTS
- CLINICAL JUDGMENT CHALLENGES
- REFERENCES
- 7 Appraising Qualitative Research
- KEY TERMS
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- CRITICAL APPRAISAL AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH CONSIDERATIONS
- APPLICATION OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH FINDINGS
- REFERENCES
- Part III Processes and Evidence Related to Quantitative Research
- RESEARCH VIGNETTE
- REFERENCES
- 8 Introduction to Quantitative Research
- KEY TERMS
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- RESEARCH DESIGN—PURPOSE
- OBJECTIVITY IN THE RESEARCH QUESTION AND DESIGN
- ACCURACY
- CONTROL AND INTERVENTION FIDELITY
- QUANTITATIVE CONTROL AND FLEXIBILITY
- INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL VALIDITY
- KEY POINTS
- CLINICAL JUDGMENT CHALLENGES
- REFERENCES
- 9 Appraising Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs
- KEY TERMS
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- RESEARCH PROCESS
- EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
- QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS
- EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
- KEY POINTS
- CLINICAL JUDGMENT CHALLENGES
- REFERENCES
- 10 Appraising Nonexperimental Designs
- KEY TERMS
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- SURVEY DESIGNS
- RELATIONSHIP AND DIFFERENCE DESIGNS
- PREDICTION AND CAUSALITY IN NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
- ADDITIONAL TYPES OF QUANTITATIVE METHODS
- NONEXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS
- KEY POINTS
- CLINICAL JUDGMENT CHALLENGES
- REFERENCES
- 11 Appraising Systematic Reviews and Clinical Practice Guidelines
- KEY TERMS
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- SYSTEMATIC REVIEW COMPONENTS
- REVIEW TYPES
- META-ANALYSIS
- INTEGRATIVE REVIEW
- COCHRANE COLLABORATION
- REPORTING GUIDELINES: SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META-ANALYSIS
- CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES
- EVALUATING CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES
- KEY POINTS
- CLINICAL JUDGMENT CHALLENGES
- REFERENCES
- 12 Appraising Sampling
- KEY TERMS
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- SAMPLING CONCEPTS
- TYPES OF SAMPLES
- SAMPLE SIZE
- KEY POINTS
- CLINICAL JUDGMENT CHALLENGES
- REFERENCES
- 13 Appraising Legal & Ethical Issues
- KEY TERMS
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- ETHICAL AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS IN RESEARCH: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
- KEY POINTS
- CLINICAL JUDGMENT CHALLENGES
- REFERENCES
- 14 Appraising Data Collection Methods
- KEY TERMS
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- MEASURING VARIABLES OF INTEREST
- DATA COLLECTION METHODS
- CONSTRUCTION OF NEW INSTRUMENTS
- KEY POINTS
- CLINICAL JUDGMENT CHALLENGES
- REFERENCES
- 15 Appraising Reliability & Validity
- KEY TERMS
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- RELIABILITY, VALIDITY, AND MEASUREMENT ERROR
- VALIDITY
- RELIABILITY
- CLASSICAL TEST THEORY VERSUS ITEM RESPONSE THEORY
- HOW VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY ARE REPORTED
- ELIABILITY AND VALIDITY
- KEY POINTS
- CLINICAL JUDGMENT CHALLENGES
- REFERENCES
- 16 Appraising Data Analysis: Descriptive & Inferential Statistics
- KEY TERMS
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- LEVELS OF MEASUREMENT
- DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
- INFERENTIAL STATISTICS
- KEY POINTS
- CLINICAL JUDGMENT CHALLENGES
- REFERENCES
- 17 Understanding Research Findings
- KEY TERMS
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- FINDINGS
- KEY POINTS
- CLINICAL JUDGMENT CHALLENGES
- REFERENCES
- 18 Appraising Quantitative Research
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- STYLISTIC CONSIDERATIONS
- CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF A QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH STUDY
- THE RESEARCH STUDY
- BACKGROUND
- DESIGN AND METHODS
- RESULTS
- DISCUSSION
- LIMITATIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- THE CRITICAL APPRAISAL
- CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF A QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH STUDY
- THE RESEARCH STUDY
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- REFERENCES
- CLINICAL JUDGMENT CHALLENGES
- Part IV Application of Research: Evidence-Based Practice
- RESEARCH VIGNETTE
- REFERENCES
- 19 Strategies and Tools for Developing an Evidence-Based Practice
- KEY TERMS
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY #1: ASKING A FOCUSED CLINICAL QUESTION
- EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY #2: SEARCHING THE LITERATURE
- EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY #3: SCREENING YOUR FINDINGS
- EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY #4: APPRAISE EACH ARTICLE’S FINDINGS
- EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY #5: APPLYING THE FINDINGS
- SUMMARY
- KEY POINTS
- CLINICAL JUDGMENT CHALLENGES
- REFERENCES
- 20 Developing an Evidence-Based Practice
- KEY TERMS
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- OVERVIEW OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
- STEPS OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
- FUTURE DIRECTIONS
- KEY POINTS
- CLINICAL JUDGMENT CHALLENGES
- REFERENCES
- 21 Quality Improvement
- KEY TERMS
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT/CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
- NURSES’ ROLE IN HEALTH CARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
- NATIONAL GOALS AND STRATEGIES FOR HEALTH CARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
- QUALITY STRATEGY LEVERS
- COMMON QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PERSPECTIVES AND MODELS
- QUALITY IMPROVEMENT STEPS AND TOOLS
- TAKING ON THE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT CHALLENGE AND LEADING THE WAY
- KEY POINTS
- CRITICAL THINKING CHALLENGES
- REFERENCES
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Appendix D
- Appendix E
- Appendix F
- Index
- No. of pages: 576
- Language: English
- Edition: 10
- Published: June 29, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323762915
- Other ISBN: 9780323829601
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Geri LoBiondo-Wood
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Director of PhD Nursing Program, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing, Nursing Systems and Technology, Houston, TexasJH
Judith Haber
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, Executive Director, Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice (OHNEP) Program, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, New York