04614nam a22005771i 4500 SAGE000003028 CaToSAGE 20251029145110.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr ||||||||||| 180104s2015 caua fob 001 0 eng d 2014939625 101654047 DNLM 9781473910836 (ebook) : No price (OCoLC)1013961308 CaToSAGE eng CaToSAGE rda pn UtOrBLW nlmcopyc lccopycat RT81.5 .C76 2015 2015 C-170 WY 20.5 Cronin, Patricia, 1959- author. 63584 Understanding nursing and healthcare research / Patricia Cronin, Michael Coughlan, and Valerie Smith. Los Angeles : SAGE, 2015. 1 online resource (207 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent still image sti rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. What is research? : Knowledge and research ; Theory and research ; Practice and research ; Becoming research aware -- 2. The research process at a glance : The research process ; Developing a researchable topic ; Organising your research ; Gathering and analysing information -- 3. What are research problems, questions, hypotheses, aims and objectives? : The research topic ; The research problem ; Formulating the research question ; Research hypotheses ; Research aims and objectives -- 4. Searching and reviewing the literature : Types of literature review ; Identifying literature sources ; Searching and retrieving the literature ; Boolean, truncation and wildcard operators ; Organising the literature ; Writing the literature review -- 5. Getting to grips with research designs : Paradigms ; Experimental designs ; Non-experimental designs (numerical data) ; Non-experimental designs (narrative/words) -- 6. Understanding sampling and sampling size : Populations ; Sampling criteria ; Selecting a sample ; Probability sampling ; Non-probability sampling ; Sample size -- 7. Ethical and legal issues in research : What is ethics? ; Why is ethics important in research? ; Key ethical principles ; Research Ethics Committee (REC) ; Ethical and legal issues specific to research designs -- 8. Rigour in research : The concept of rigour ; Validity ; Reliability ; Trustworthiness ; Assessing rigour in a research study -- 9. Data collection in research : What is data collection? ; Questionnaires, tests and scales ; Interviews ; Observation ; Documentary sources -- 10. Gaining insight into data analysis : Analysis of numerical data ; Descriptive statistics ; Inferential statistics ; Analysis of narrative (words) -- 11. How is research disseminated and implemented? : Essential criteria in research reporting and dissemination ; Strategies for reporting and dissemination ; Using healthcare journals for research dissemination ; The importance of dissemination ; Implementing findings: barriers and facilitators -- 12. Critically evaluating research studies : Quality and integrity of research ; Critically reading research ; Replication of research. This book focuses on what research is, why it is relevant in healthcare and how it should be applied in practice. It takes the reader step by step through the research process, from choosing research questions through to searching the literature, analyzing findings and presenting the final piece of work.-- Source other than the Library of Congress. Text in English. Description based on MARC record for print version. Nursing Research. 62370 Medical care Research. 63585 Nursing Research methods. 63586 Health Services Research methods. 63587 Research Design. 63588 Statistics as Topic. 63589 Medical care Research. fast (OCoLC)fst01013845 63585 Nursing Research. fast (OCoLC)fst01041814 62370 Coughlan, Michael, 1958- author. 63590 Smith, Valerie, author. 63591 Print version : 9781446241004 Print version : 1446241009 Print version : 9781446241011 Print version : 1446241017 SAGE Knowledge https://sk.sagepub.com/books/understanding-nursing-and-healthcare-research 55798 55798