Cronin, Patricia 1959- creator author. Coughlan, Michael 1958- author. Smith, Valerie author. text bibliography cau 2015 monographic eng 1 online resource (207 pages) : illustrations 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.-- 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. specialized Patricia Cronin, Michael Coughlan, and Valerie Smith. Includes bibliographical references and index. Text in English. Nursing Research Medical care Research Nursing Research methods Health Services Research methods Research Design Statistics as Topic Medical care Research Nursing Research RT81.5 .C76 2015 2015 C-170 WY 20.5 9781473910836 (ebook) : 2014939625 https://sk.sagepub.com/books/understanding-nursing-and-healthcare-research https://sk.sagepub.com/books/understanding-nursing-and-healthcare-research CaToSAGE 180104 20251029145110.0 SAGE000003028 eng