TY - BOOK AU - Polit,Denise F. AU - Beck,Cheryl Tatano TI - Essentials of nursing research: appraising evidence for nursing practice SN - 9781451176803 (pbk.) : AV - RT81.5 .P63 2014 U1 - 610.73072 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Philadelphia PB - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins KW - Nursing KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - Evaluation KW - Nursing Education N1 - Previous edition: 2010; Includes Internet access; Text on inside cover; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction to nursing research in an evidence-based practice environment -- Fundamentals of evidence-based nursing practice -- Key concepts and steps in qualitative and quantitative research -- Reading and critiquing research articles -- Ethics in research -- Research problems, research questions, and hypotheses -- Finding and reviewing research evidence in the literature -- Theoretical and conceptual frameworks -- Quantitative research design -- Sampling and data collection in quantitative studies -- Measurement and data quality -- Statistical analysis of quantitative data -- Rigor and interpretation in quantitative research -- Qualitative designs and approaches -- Sampling and data collection in qualitative studies -- Analysis of qualitative data -- Trustworthiness and integrity in qualitative research -- Mixed methods and other special types of 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 -