TY - BOOK AU - Polit,Denise F. AU - Beck,Cheryl Tatano TI - Essentials of nursing research: appraising evidence for nursing practice SN - 9780781781534 (pbk.) : AV - RT81.5 .P63 2010 U1 - 610.73072 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Philadelphia, Pa., London PB - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins KW - Nursing KW - Research KW - Nursing Research KW - Evidence-Based Nursing N1 - Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction to nursing research in an evidence-based practice environment -- Evidence-based nursing practice : fundamentals -- Key concepts and steps in qualitative and quantitative research -- Reading and critiquing research reports -- Ethics in research -- Research problems, research questions, and hypotheses -- Literature reviews : finding and reviewing research evidence -- Theoretical and conceptual frameworks -- Quantitative research designs --; Qualitative designs and approaches -- Specific types of research -- Sampling plans -- Data collection methods -- Measurement and data quality -- Statistical analysis of quantitative data -- Rigor and interpretation in quantitative research -- Analysis of qualitative data -- Trustworthiness and integrity in qualitative research -- Systematic reviews : meta-analysis and metasynthesis N2 - This comprehensive nursing research textbook continues the expansion of coverage on qualitative research, including important issues for specific qualitative traditions such as ground theory, phenomenology and ethnography ER -