Nursing research : generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice /
Denise F. Polit and Cheryl Tatano Beck
- Eighth edition.
- [Place of publication not identified] : Wolters Kluwer Health, c2008.
- xviii, 798 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Part I: Foundations of nursing research and evidence-based practice -- Part 2: Conceptualizing a study to generate evidence for nursing -- Part 3: Designing a study to genrate evidence for nursing -- Part 4: Collecting research data -- Part 5: Analyzing and interpreting research data -- Part 6: Building an evidence base for nursing practice
This textbook was designed to be helpful to those who are learning how to do research, as well as to those who are learning to appraise research reports critically and to use research findings in practice.