Includes index.

The importance of research as evidence in nursing --
The research process and traditions of knowing --
Ethical issues in nursing research --
Legal issues in nursing research --
Research problems, questions, and hypotheses --
The successful literature review --
Theoretical and conceptual frameworks --
Selecting an appropriate design --
The sampling strategy --
Principles of measurement --
Data collection methods --
Enhancing the validity of research --
Descriptive research questions and procedures --
Summarizing and reporting descriptive data --
Quantitative questions and procedures --
Analyzing and reporting quantitative data --
Qualitative research questions and procedures --
Analyzing and reporting qualitative data --
Communicating research findings --
Translating research into practice

Internded to help students learn to rady and use research as a basis for nursing pratice, this new nursing research textbook puts research into the context of evidence-based practice, helping students gain knowledge of research concepts while learning to apply them.