Burns, Nancy, Ph. D.

Understanding nursing research : building an evidence-based practice / Nancy Burns and Susan K. Grove - Fourth edition. - St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier Saunders, c2007. - xvii, 586 pages : illsutrations ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Discovering nursing research --
Introduction to the quantitative research process --
Introduction to the qualitative research process --
Research problems, purposes, and hypotheses --
Review of the literature --
Understanding theory and research frameworks --
Examining ethics in nursing research --
Clarifying research designs --
Outcomes research --
Populations and samples --
Measurement and data collection in research --
Understanding statistics in research --
Critiquing research for nursing practice --
Building an evidence-based practice.

Written by two experts in the field, this is a textbook of nursing research. It also features an emphasis on the field of outcomes research, as well as quantitative and qualitative research.

9781416026402


NURSING -- RESEARCH -- PHILOSOPHY
NURSING -- RESEARCH -- PROBLLEMS, EXERCISES, ETC.
EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING

RT 81.5 .B87 2007