Statistics for Nursing and Allied Health

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
1st edition - October 1, 2008
Paperback: 352 pages
ISBN-10: 0781754593
ISBN-13: 978-0781754590 

This introductory textbook explores the role of research in health care and focuses in particular on the importance of organizing and describing research data using basic statistics. The goal of the text is to teach students how to analyze data and present the results of evidence-based data analysis. Based on the commonly-used SPSS software, a comprehensive range of statistical techniques—both parametric and non-parametric—are presented and explained. Examples are given from nursing, health administration, and health professions, followed by an opportunity for students to immediately practice the technique. 

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Essentials of Nursing Research Appraising Evidence for Nursing Practice

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 
7th edition - January 23, 2009 
Paperback: 624 pages 
ISBN-10: 0781781531 
ISBN-13: 978-0781781534 

Essentials of Nursing Research is designed to teach students how to read, understand, analyze, and evaluate research reports in nursing practice. The Seventh Edition has been updated with stronger coverage of evidence-based practice, including content on how to read, interpret, and critique systematic reviews, which are considered by many to be a cornerstone of evidence-based practice. Also included in the Seventh Edition: a more balanced presentation of medical and social science methods and nomenclature; enhanced coverage of qualitative research; and more! 

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Nursing Research Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Ninth, North American Edition
August 16, 2011
Hardcover: 768 pages
ISBN-10: 1605477087
ISBN-13: 978-1605477084 

Thoroughly updated and revised to emphasize the link between research and evidence-based practice, this Ninth Edition of a classic textbook presents state-of-the-art methods for conducting high-quality studies. The ancillary Resource Manual includes application exercises, models of comprehensive research critiques. 

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Understanding Research for Nursing Students (Transforming Nursing Practice)

Publisher: Learning Matters Ltd.
1st edition - April 30, 2010
Paperback: 141 pages
ISBN-10: 1844453685
ISBN-13: 978-1844453689 

From the start of their training, it's crucial for nursing students to be able to understand and evaluate current research to support their learning and reading assignments. However, many books focus on how to do research rather than how to understand and evaluate research. This book helps students recognize what good research is by providing an entry level guide to the main research methodologies used in nursing. It puts research into context for student nurses, explaining how they need to use the skills of critiquing and evaluating research throughout their course and how this is linked to evidence-based practice. 

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Canadian Essentials of Nursing Research

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Third Edition - January 1, 2010
Paperback: 512 pages
ISBN-10: 160547729X
ISBN-13: 978-1605477299 

This nursing research text features state-of-the-art research undertaken by Canadian nurse researchers, as well as additional Canadian content relating to the history of nursing research, ethical considerations, models of nursing, and models of research utilization. This thoroughly updated Third Edition has a greater focus on evidence-based practice and assists the reader in evaluating the adequacy of research findings. The text includes four new research reports, two with full written critiques. 

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Evaluation and Testing in Nursing Education

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
3rd edition - May 18, 2009
Paperback: 464 pages
ISBN-10: 0826110614
ISBN-13: 978-0826110619 

Like its popular predecessors, this text offers a seamless blending of theoretical and practical insight on evaluation and testing in nursing education, thus serving as an invaluable resource for both educators and students. 

Special features:
1. The steps involved in test construction, with guidelines on how to develop test length, test difficulty, item formats, and scoring procedures
2. Guidelines for assembling and administering a test, including design rules and suggestions for reproducing the test
3. Strategies for writing multiple-choice and multiple-response items
5. How to develop test items that prepare students for licensure and certification examinations 

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The Delphi Technique in Nursing and Health Research

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
1st edition - February 2, 2011
Paperback: 208 pages
ISBN-10: 1405187549
ISBN-13: 978-1405187541 

The Delphi Technique in Nursing and Health Research is a practical guide to using the Delphi methodology for students and researchers in nursing and health. It adopts a logical step-by-step approach, introducing the researcher to the 'Delphi', outlining its development, analysing key characteristics and parameters for the successful application of the Delphi and exploring its applications in nursing and health. The book addresses issues of methodology, design, framing the research question, sampling, instrumentation, methodological rigour, reliability and validity, and methods of data analysis. 

The Delphi Technique in Nursing and Health Research enables the reader to be aware of the limitations of the technique and possible solutions, to design a Delphi questionnaire for each of the different rounds of a study, to consider different approaches to the technique in relation to a study, to analyse the data from each round of a Delphi study and understand the importance of feedback between rounds. 

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Writing for Publication in Nursing

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
2nd edition - June 24, 2010
Paperback: 318 pages
ISBN-10: 082611802X
ISBN-13: 978-0826118028 

Writing and publishing a manuscript in the field of nursing is a long and often daunting process, but it can be simplified by understanding the ins and outs of developing a manuscript and submitting it for publication. This second edition is written specifically for nurses-for beginning and experienced authors, nurses writing articles about their practice, and nursing students at all levels to guide their preparation of papers for both courses and publication. 

This guide gives a clear description of the entire writing process, beginning with an idea, searching the nursing literature, preparing an outline, writing a draft and revising it, developing the final product, and finally, getting published. This edition also includes new content emphasizing the importance of disseminating information on evidence-based practice (EBP). Readers will learn how to write EBP papers, report research for use in practice, and disseminate the findings of clinical projects and innovations. 

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Fast Facts for Evidence-Based Practice Implementing EBP in a Nutshell

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
1st edition - December 7, 2009
Paperback: 240 pages
ISBN-10: 082610567X
ISBN-13: 978-0826105677 

Concise and comprehensive, this book covers the basics of nursing research and the essentials of how to implement Evidence Based Practice (EBP). Using the short, reader-friendly, Fast Facts Series 'style,' the book is designed for those RNs studying Evidence Based Practice (EBP) who want quick access core content. 

Undergraduate nursing students who want a solid review of evidence based practice (& nursing research) will also find this book useful, as well as RN to BSNs student who need to assimilate content on basic nursing research. It is vital for both the practicing RNs and students to know the basics of EBP and understand how EBP can be implemented. 

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Introducing Research and Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses

Publisher: Pearson Education Ltd
1st edition - May 5, 2010
Paperback: 156 pages
ISBN-10: 0273719165
ISBN-13: 978-0273719168 

Want to know what research and nursing have in common? The answer is everything. Every time you meet a new patient you gather information about them, which is a form of research. This book looks at research in the context of a nursing student so you can learn how to use research skills during your study and future career. It covers everything from basic interviews, quantitative and qualitative data all the way to creating and summarizing questionnaires. Research is a fundamental part of the nursing and An Introduction to Research Methods for Nursing and Healthcare is the ideal book to get you started. 

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Basic Steps in Planning Nursing Research From Question to Proposal

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
7th edition - February 26, 2010
Paperback: 550 pages
ISBN-10: 0763771791
ISBN-13: 978-0763771799 

Basic Steps in Planning Nursing Research: From Question to Proposal is the perfect introduction to the research process. It details the development of an effective research plan, and guides readers through all stages of the process from finding a research topic, to the final written proposal. It takes an in-depth focus on the planning process which makes it an excellent tool for beginners while still being relevant to people at all levels of study who need to develop a research plan. The Seventh Edition continues to teach readers how to prepare an appropriate question and topic and the steps it takes formulate a conclusion. All of the chapters have been updated with new references and current information including a renewed focus on evidence-based practice and an expansion of research ethics. Proposals are included at the end of the text to help students learn. 

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Research Methods for Nursing and Healthcare

Publisher: Pearson Education
1st edition - 26 Feb 2010
Paperback: 400 pages
ISBN-10: 0273718509
ISBN-13: 978-0273718505 

Research Methods for Nursing and Healthcare is an essential introductory text for all nursing and healthcare students coming to research methods for the first time or those nurses and healthcare staff wishing to improve their skills in this area. The book includes comprehensive coverage of the main research methods topics, and provides guidance on how to understand and apply research techniques. Everyday nursing examples are used throughout to explain research methods concepts and their relevance to practice. Simple self-assessment tasks are included at the end of chapters; the tests can be undertaken individually, or within groups, to assess the student’s understanding of the concepts and skills being learnt. Research Methods for Nursing and Healthcare takes the fear out of research methods for all nursing and healthcare professionals. 

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Strategy and Statistics in Clinical Trials A non-statisticians guide to thinking, designing and executing

Publisher: Academic Press
1st edition - July 28, 2011
Hardcover: 278 pages
ISBN-10: 0123869099
ISBN-13: 978-0123869098 

Strategy and Statistics in Clinical Trials is for all individuals engaged in clinical research, including professors, physicians, researchers in corporate and government laboratories, nurses, members of the allied health professions, and post-doctoral and graduate students who are potentially less exposed to understanding the pivotal role of statistics. 

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Introduction to Statistics for Nurses

Publisher: Pearson P T R
May 31, 2007
Paperback: 268 pages
ISBN-10: 0131967533
ISBN-13: 978-0131967533 

Take the fear out of statistics with this straightforward, practical and applied book on the 'how and why' of using statistics. Introduction to Statistics for Nurses is an essential introductory text for all nursing students coming to statistics for the first time. The nursing profession involves the use of statistics every day, for example in the cases of mortality rates, average life expectancies, percentage recovery rates, average remission times, and the findings of which drugs work best with which illnesses. In fact, all of the policies that surround this job, the treatment strategies, and all the facts described above are derived from the use of statistics. This book will help students to understand the use of statistics in nursing literature, and shows how to use statistics effectively in answering research questions. Case studies throughout show how statistics are applied in nursing research and frequent exercises help to test the reader's knowledge as they progress. 

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Research for Advanced Practice Nurses From Evidence to Practice

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
1st edition - July 13, 2009
Paperback: 504 pages
ISBN-10: 9780826122070
ISBN-13: 978-0826122070 

This book provides practical ways for nurses to develop competency in evidence-based practice (EBP) by effectively using and appraising clinical studies. In this single, introductory volume, Mateo and Kirchoff present everything that advanced practice nurses and graduate students need to know to translate clinical research into practice. 

With this book, readers will learn the essential methods that are used to achieve EBP, such as how to find and evaluate research articles, design questionnaires and data collection forms, analyze quantitative data, and much more. 

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Evaluating Research for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice

Publisher: F.A. Davis Company
1st edition - August 22, 2008
Paperback: 320 pages
ISBN-10: 9780803614895
ISBN-13: 978-0803614895 

Where is the evidence in a nursing research study? What is the evidence? How good is the evidence? And, how is it relevant to providing evidence-based nursing care? Ensure that students can meet the AACN (American Association of Colleges of Nursing) goal of identifying valid research findings and using them to determine if they are providing care that is supported by evidence. 

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Measurement in Nursing and Health Research

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
4th edition - April 17, 2010
Hardcover: 504 pages
ISBN-10: 0826105076
ISBN-13: 978-0826105073 

This fourth edition presents everything nurses and health researchers need to know about designing, testing, selecting, and evaluating instruments and methods for measuring in nursing. Thoroughly updated, this fourth edition now contains only the latest, most cutting-edge measurement instruments that have direct applicability for nurses and health researchers in a variety of roles, including students, clinicians, educators, researchers, administrators, and consultants. 

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Mixed Methods Research for Nursing and the Health Sciences

248 pages 

Wiley-Blackwell (2009-01-27) 

ISBN: 1405176777 

Mixed methods research combines quantitative and qualitative research methods in a single study. The use of mixed methods research is increasingly popular in nursing and health sciences research. This growth in popularity has been driven by the increasing complexity of research problems relating to human health and well being. 

Mixed Method Research for Nursing and the Health Sciences is an accessible, practical guide to the design, conduct and reporting of mixed method research in nursing or the health sciences. Each chapter stands alone, describing the various steps of the research process, but contains links to other chapters. Within the text, 'real-life' examples from the published literature, doctoral theses and the unpublished work of the authors, illustrate the concepts being discussed. 

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