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020 _a9781473910836 (ebook) :
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035 _a(OCoLC)1013961308
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060 0 0 _a2015 C-170
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100 1 _aCronin, Patricia,
_d1959-
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_963584
245 1 0 _aUnderstanding nursing and healthcare research /
_cPatricia Cronin, Michael Coughlan, and Valerie Smith.
264 1 _aLos Angeles :
_bSAGE,
_c2015.
300 _a1 online resource (207 pages) :
_billustrations
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
336 _astill image
_bsti
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 2 _a1. 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.
520 _aThis 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.--
_cSource other than the Library of Congress.
546 _aText in English.
588 _aDescription based on MARC record for print version.
650 0 _aNursing
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650 0 _aMedical care
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650 1 2 _aNursing Research
_xmethods.
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650 2 2 _aHealth Services Research
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650 2 2 _aResearch Design.
_963588
650 2 2 _aStatistics as Topic.
_963589
650 7 _aMedical care
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650 7 _aNursing
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700 1 _aCoughlan, Michael,
_d1958-
_eauthor.
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700 1 _aSmith, Valerie,
_eauthor.
_963591
776 0 8 _iPrint version :
_z9781446241004
776 0 8 _iPrint version :
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776 0 8 _iPrint version :
_z9781446241011
776 0 8 _iPrint version :
_z1446241017
856 4 0 _3SAGE Knowledge
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