Essentials of Nursing Research

The textbook Essentials of Nursing Research, Tenth Edition, is the most widely used nursing research textbook in the world and equips students with the knowledge and skills they need to apply research to nursing practice confidently. It covers key topics such as research design, data collection, and analysis, and emphasizes the importance of understanding statistical results. The updated edition incorporates the latest clinical insights and approaches to research, including patient involvement, practice-based evidence, and quality improvement projects. Clear and approachable writing makes difficult ideas easily digestible, and critical appraisal guidelines and critical thinking exercises help students evaluate research evidence.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 448 pages
\n Publication date: 18 March 2021
\n Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health
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The world's most widely used nursing research textbook, Essentials of Nursing Research, Tenth Edition, equips students with everything they need to confidently apply research to nursing practice. AJN award-winning authors Denise Polit and Cheryl Beck clarify the language of nursing research and instill a practical understanding of nursing research fundamentals and the research process for both quantitative and qualitative studies, including design principles, sampling and data collection, criteria for assessing data quality, appraising the quality, rigor, and trustworthiness of studies, and approaches to understanding the statistical results. This updated edition incorporates the latest clinical insights and approaches to research to familiarize students with increasingly important considerations in today's nursing practice, including the involvement of patients and stakeholders in translating research evidence to local settings; the appraisal of not only the rigor of research designs and methods but also the relevance and applicability of practice-based evidence; and the effective use of research in local quality improvement (QI) projects. UPDATED! Research insights reflect the latest, most relevant considerations for today's evolving nursing practice, including new coverage of quality improvement (QI) projects, clinical significance, comparative effectiveness research (CER), and systematic reviews. UPDATED! New organization simplifies the presentation of complex topics and better facilitates the use of research evidence in nursing practice. Clear, approachable writing makes difficult ideas easily digestible, even to students with no prior knowledge of technical terms. Critical Appraisal Guidelines walk students through studies and highlight key findings, limitations, and implications for nursing practice.

\n Weight: 730g\n
Dimension: 178 x 254 x 24 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781975141882\n
Edition number: Tenth, International Edition\n