Basic Steps in Planning Nursing Research: From Question to Proposal

by Wood, Marilynn J.; Ross-Kerr, Janet

• ISBN13: 9780763771799
• ISBN10: 0763771791
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-12
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

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. 

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
How to Write a Researchable Question	p. 1
Research Topics	p. 3
What Is a Researchable Question?	p. 5
Asking Research Questions	p. 7
Examining Components of a Research Question	p. 10
Be Interested in Your Idea	p. 21
Bibliography	p. 23
From Question to Problem	p. 25
Finding the Level of Knowledge About a Topic	p. 26
How to Search the Literature on Your Topic	p. 32
Level of Theory and Level of Question	p. 34
Developing the Research Problem from the Literature Review	p. 36
Beginning with an Observation	p. 41
Bibliography	p. 47
The Full and Final Research Problem	p. 49
Elements of a Research Problem	p. 50
The Psychology of Argument	p. 55
Strongest Argument Last	p. 57
Substantiate What You Say	p. 58
Bibliography	p. 60
Critical Review of the Literature	p. 63
Content of a Critique	p. 66
What to Critique	p. 66
How to Do a Critique	p. 67
Guidelines for Critique of Published Research	p. 75
Where Does the Critique Belong?	p. 76
Bibliography	p. 77
Stating the Purpose of the Study	p. 79
The Purpose Written as a Declarative Statement	p. 80
The Purpose Written as a Question	p. 82
The Purpose Written as a Hypothesis	p. 85
Examining the Components of a Hypothesis	p. 90
The Significance of the Statement of Purpose	p. 91
Stating the Purpose of the Study: A Summary	p. 91
Bibliography	p. 93
Defining Your Terms	p. 95
Types of Variables	p. 100
Defining the Independent Variable	p. 101
How Variables Are Measured	p. 103
Terms That Need Definition	p. 110
Writing Operational Definitions: A Review	p. 110
Bibliography	p. 112
The Research Design: Blueprint for Action	p. 113
Designing Your Study from the Question	p. 115
Characteristics of Research Designs	p. 116
Issues of Control	p. 120
Descriptive Designs	p. 121
Experimental Designs	p. 131
Controlling Unwanted Influences	p. 137
Level of Study and Degree of Control	p. 145
Bibliography	p. 147
Selecting the Sample	p. 151
Types of Samples	p. 155
Sample Size	p. 164
Level of Study and Sample Selection	p. 166
Bibliography	p. 169
Selecting a Method to Answer the Question	p. 171
Observation	p. 173
Questionnaires and interviews	p. 181
Available Data	p. 192
Physiological Measures	p. 194
Bibliography	p. 195
Reliability and Validity of Measurement	p. 197
Errors in Data Collection Procedures	p. 198
Validity	p. 203
Reliability	p. 209
Reliability and Validity Issues in Field Research Using Participant Observation	p. 215
Reliability and Validity in the Research Plan	p. 219
Self-Test	p. 220
Bibliography	p. 222
Ethics in Nursing Research	p. 225
Problems Involving Ethics	p. 228
Informed Consent	p. 233
Balancing Potential Benefit Against Actual Cost	p. 235
Maintaining Anonymity and Confidentiality	p. 237
Federal Guidelines on the Submission of Proposals for Review	p. 238
Ethical Principles Underlying Protection of Human Subjects	p. 240
Bibliography	p. 243
Planning for Analysis of Data	p. 247
Descriptive Analysis	p. 248
Inferential Analysis	p. 261
Choosing a Statistical Test: What Does Your Hypothesis Ask?	p. 264
The Answer Is in the Question	p. 268
Bibliography	p. 272
Writing the Research Proposal	p. 275
The Introductory Section: Research Problem	p. 277
Form of the Final Research Problem	p. 278
Statement of the Purpose of the Study	p. 286
Definition of Terms	p. 286
The Research Design	p. 287
The Sample	p. 288
Methods and Instruments	p. 291
Reliability and Validity	p. 291
Data Analysis	p. 292
Ethics	p. 293
In Summary	p. 294
Variations in the Proposed Format	p. 294
The Finished Proposal	p. 297
Bibliography	p. 299
Appendix Contents: Sample Research Proposals	p. 301
The Experience of Nurse-Midwives in Ghana with the Use of the WHO Partograph	p. 303
The Incidence of Acute Stress Disorder Among Parents of Premature Infants Admitted into the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit	p. 329
Nausea and Vomiting Following Posterior Fossa Surgery: Determination of Incidence, Risk, and Protective Factors in Children	p. 375
The Impact of Older Maternal Age at First Birth on the Risk of Spontaneous Preterm Birth in Northern and Central Alberta	p. 409
Maintaining Catheter Patency Using Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator	p. 453
Standardized Telephone Triage Practice: Impact of Protocol Implementation on Reported job Stress and Satisfaction by Nurses in a Pediatric Oncology Outpatient Setting	p. 477
Index	p. 503
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