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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808956603321

Autore

Newell Robert <1954->

Titolo

Research for evidence-based practice in healthcare [[electronic resource] /] / Robert Newell, Philip Burnard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2011

ISBN

1-118-78655-6

1-118-29706-7

1-283-40393-5

9786613403933

1-118-27633-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Collana

Vital notes

Altri autori (Persone)

BurnardPhilip

NewellRobert <1954->

Disciplina

610.73072

Soggetti

Nursing - Research - Methodology

Evidence-based nursing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Vital notes for nurses : research for evidence-based practice / Robert Newell, Philip Burnard. 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The research process : organising your research -- Choosing methodological approaches -- Searching the literature -- Ethics of healthcare research -- Basic concepts : sampling, reliability and validity -- Issues in qualitative data collection -- Case studies -- Ethnography -- Phenomenology -- A pragmatic approach to qualitative data analysis -- Limitations of qualitative research -- Sampling, reliability and validity issues in data collection and analysis -- Cause and effect, hypothesis testing and estimation -- Experimental and quasi-experimental approaches -- The single case experiment -- Randomised controlled trials -- Non-experimental approaches -- Surveys -- The role of statistics -- Evidence-based practice and clinical effectiveness -- Critical evaluation of research reports -- Writing a research report -- Getting research into practice.

Sommario/riassunto

This is an essential, accessible introduction to the practicalities of research and evidence-based practice aimed at all pre-registration nursing and health care students. It places research and evidence in the



context of clinical practice, introduces the main methodological approaches in qualitative and quantitative research and describes the processes of research appraisal, dissemination and implementation. The new edition of Research for Evidence-Based Practice in Healthcare has been updated to include information for a broader health care audience, it engages student