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Research Strategies for Advanced Practice Nurses

by Norwood, Susan L.

ISBN13: 9780838584064
ISBN10: 0838584063
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 1999-08-23
Publisher: Pearson

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Summary

This guide offers presentation and utilization strategies that help make the nursing research process more "do-able" and exciting. More emphasis is placed on implementing research in a variety of settings than on undertaking original research. Incorporates current research and guidelines for writing and conveying research results throughout. Devotes each chapter to subsequent phases in the research process. Provides a succinct overview of material in each chapter. Provides a wealth of clinically based examples to illustrate content. Offers excerpts from actual studies by APNs. Alerts APN researchers to challenges in clerical research and how to overcome them. Features a guide to Internet resources in the Appendix. Ideal for nurse practitioners preparing to function in advanced practice roles.

Preface

vii

Acknowledgments

UNIT 1 NURSING RESEARCH IN PERSPECTIVE

(82)

Nursing Research and Advanced Practice Nursing

(20)

Overview of the Research Process

(20)

Research Approaches

(14)

Ethical Considerations in Nursing Research

(26)

UNIT 2 CONDUCTING NURSING RESEARCH IN ADVANCED PRACTICE SETTINGS

(216)

Introducing a Study: The Research Problem, Purpose, Subproblems, and Definitions

(22)

Reviewing the Literature

107

(20)

Using Frameworks in Research

127

(20)

Control and the Research Process

147

(22)

Research Design

169

(26)

Sampling Strategies

195

(24)

Determining Sample Size

219

(22)

Data-Collection Strategies and Principles of Measurement

241

(36)

Quality Control in Research

277

(22)

UNIT 3 ANALYZING, INTERPRETING, AND COMUNICATING RESEARCH FINDINGS

299

(170)

Analyzing Quantitative Data: Descriptive Statistics

301

(26)

Analyzing Quantitative Data: Inferential Statistics

327

(30)

Overview of Multivariate Statistics

357

(18)

Analyzing Qualitative Research Data

375

(18)

Communicating Research Findings

393

(18)

Using Research Findings in Clinical Practice

411

(58)

APPENDICES

A. Glossary of Terms

425

(20)

B. Selected Print, Database, and Internet Resources for APN Researchers

445

(8)

C. Table of Random Numbers

453

(2)

D. Sample Size Tables

455

(14)

Index

469

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