Student Resource Manual with Toolkit to Accompany Nursing Research

PART 1 Foundations of Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice 1 Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment 2 2 Translating Research Evidence Into Nursing Practice:: Evidence-Based Nursing 3 Generating Evidence:: Key Concepts and Steps in Qualitative and Quantitative Research PART 2 Conceptualizing a Study to Generate Evidence for Nursing 4 Conceptualizing Research Problems, Research Questions, and Hypotheses 5 Finding and Critiquing Evidence:: Research Literature Reviews 6 Developing a Theoretical or Conceptual Context 7 Generating Research Evidence Ethically PART 3 Designing a Study to Generate Evidence for Nursing 8 Planning a Nursing Study 9 Developing an Approach for a Qualitative Study 10 Designing Quantitative Studies 11 Enhancing Rigor in Quantitative Research 12 Undertaking Research for Specific Purposes 13 Developing a Sampling Plan PART 4 Collecting Research Data 14 Designing and Implementing a Data Collection Plan 15 Collecting Unstructured Data 16 Collecting Structured Data 17 Assessing Measurement Quality in Quantitative Studies 18 Developing and Testing Self-Report Scales PART 5 Analyzing and Interpreting Research Data 19 Analyzing Qualitative Data 20 Enhancing Quality and Integrity in Qualitative Research 21 Describing Data Through Statistics 22 Using Inferential Statistics to Test Hypotheses 23 Using Multivariate Statistics to Analyze Complex Relationships 24 Designing a Quantitative Analysis Strategy:: From Data Collection to Interpretation PART 6 Building an Evidence Base for Nursing Practice 25 Integrating Research Evidence:: Meta-Analysis and Metasynthesis 26 Disseminating Evidence:: Reporting Research Findings 27 Writing Proposals to Generate Evidence Appendices A-K:: Research Reports Appendix L:: Grant Application Appendix M:: Answers to Selected Resource Manual Exercises Answers to Crossword Puzzles