Research success : a q & a review applying critical thinking to test taking / Geraldine N. Valencia Go, BSN, MA, PhD, CGNS, BC, Faculty Emeritus, Consultant in Nursing Education, Certified Clinical Specialist in Gerontological Nursing.
From an introduction to basic research concepts through design of quantitative and qualitative studies and data collection and analysis, you'll review all aspects of nursing research and its application to real-world practice. More than 700 NCLEX-style questions (including alternate format) in the t...
| Uniform Title: | Davis's success series.
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
F.A. Davis Company,
[2016]
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| Series: | Davis's success series.
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| Physical Description: | xix, 275 pages ; 28 cm. |
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Research success a q & a review applying critical thinking to test taking |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Establishing a framework for awareness and understanding of research
- Creating the foundation for evidence-based practice
- Judging the ethical and legal aspects of research
- Exploring the role of quantitative research in evidence-based practice
- Getting familiar with quantitative research studies
- Examining research problems, purposes, and hypotheses
- Searching for relevant literature
- Describing theories and conceptual frameworks and models
- Evaluating quantitative research designs
- Evaluating other types of studies and integrative processes
- Considering the characteristics of a good design
- Determining sampling plans
- Examining data collection methods
- Anayzing the properties of research instruments
- Understanding the concepts and processes in analyzing quantitative data
- Analyzing the findings in quantitative studies
- Exploring the paradigm for qualitative studies
- Understanding qualitative approaches
- Linking qualitative processes with evidence-based practice
- Comprehensive final examination.