Research for evidence-based practice in healthcare

Newell, Robert, 1954-

Research for evidence-based practice in healthcare [electronic resource] / Robert Newell, Philip Burnard. - 2nd ed. - Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, c2011. - viii, 293 p. : ill. (some col.). - Vital notes . - Vital notes. .

Rev. ed. of: Vital notes for nurses : research for evidence-based practice / Robert Newell, Philip Burnard. 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The research process : organising your research -- Choosing methodological approaches -- Searching the literature -- Ethics of healthcare research -- Basic concepts : sampling, reliability and validity -- Issues in qualitative data collection -- Case studies -- Ethnography -- Phenomenology -- A pragmatic approach to qualitative data analysis -- Limitations of qualitative research -- Sampling, reliability and validity issues in data collection and analysis -- Cause and effect, hypothesis testing and estimation -- Experimental and quasi-experimental approaches -- The single case experiment -- Randomised controlled trials -- Non-experimental approaches -- Surveys -- The role of statistics -- Evidence-based practice and clinical effectiveness -- Critical evaluation of research reports -- Writing a research report -- Getting research into practice.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9781118276334 (electronic bk.)




Nursing--Research--Methodology.
Evidence-based nursing.


Electronic books.

RT81.5 / .N46 2011

610.73072