Research for evidence-based practice in healthcare [electronic resource] / Robert Newell, Philip Burnard.
Series: Vital notesPublication details: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, c2011.Edition: 2nd edDescription: viii, 293 p. : ill. (some col.)ISBN:- 9781444331127 (pbk. alk. paper)
- 1444331124 (pbk. alk. paper)
- 9781118276334 (e-book)
- 610.73072 22
- RT81.5 .N46 2011eb

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