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LoBiondo-Wood & Haber's Nursing Research in Canada: Methods, Critical Appraisal, and Utilization,
Edition 6 Methods, Critical Appraisal, and UtilizationEditors: By Mina D. Singh, RN, RP, BSc, BScN, MEd, PhD, I-FCNEI, Ramesh Venkatesa Perumal, RN, PhD, MSc(N), CCNE, CNCC® and Karen A. Campbell, RN, MScN, PhD
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Learn how to better understand, critically appraise, and apply research to your everyday practice with LoBiondo-Wood and Haber's Nursing Research in Canada: Methods, Critical Appraisal, and Utilization, 6th Edition. Written by an all-star team of educators and research experts from Canada and the U.S., this thoroughly updated textbook is an ideal resource to help you learn the processes behind nursing research and evidence-informed practice. This edition features new research examples that reflect current high-quality Canadian studies, fresh vignettes that depict the work of Canadian nurse-researchers, enhanced readability, and well-balanced coverage of both qualitative and quantitative research methods for evidence-based practice.
Key Features
- Balanced but distinct coverage of both the qualitative and quantitative approaches to nursing research acquaints you with the processes behind research and evidence-based/evidence-informed practice.
- Sample research critiques demonstrate how to apply judgement and reasoning principles to published quantitative and qualitative research studies.
- Research Vignettes introduce you to real-world practitioners of nursing research and help bridge the gaps among clinical research, academia, and clinical practice. Vignettes cover timely topics facing Canadian nurses.
- Learning aids in every chapter include Key Terms, Learning Outcomes, Research Hints, Evidence-Informed Practice Tips, Appraising the Evidence, Critiquing Criteria, Critique of a Research Study, Critical Thinking Decision Paths, Critical Thinking Challenges, Check Your Understanding questions, and Key Points.
New Features
- NEW! Thoroughly updated research examples reflect the latest applicable high-quality literature, with an emphasis on Canadian-authored studies
- NEW! Coverage of qualitative research is expanded and enhanced
- NEW! All-new Research Vignettes include topics such as using big data, improving health outcomes and culturally safe care for Indigenous families, addressing social and health inequities with qualitative research, understanding culture through nursing research, gender-affirming care, and stories and storytelling in nursing research
- NEW! Updated references appear throughout the book
- NEW! All-new research articles in appendices address topics such as reducing intimate partner violence in rural and northern regions, Black African newcomer women’s perception of postpartum mental health services in Canada, and tapering opioid prescription programs for high-risk trauma patients
- NEW! Overview of Mixed Methods Research appendix provides foundational content for mixed methods research
About the author
By Mina D. Singh, RN, RP, BSc, BScN, MEd, PhD, I-FCNEI, Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Ramesh Venkatesa Perumal, RN, PhD, MSc(N), CCNE, CNCC®, Professor, School of Community and Health Studies, Centennial College; Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Karen A. Campbell, RN, MScN, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Part 1: Research Overview
Research Vignette: Using Big Data Analytics to Address Big Problems in Health
1. The Role of Research in Nursing
2. Theoretical Frameworks
3. Critical Appraisal Strategies: Reading Research
4. Developing Research Questions, Hypotheses, and Clinical Questions
5. Finding and Appraising the Literature
6. Legal and Ethical Issues
Part 2: Indigenous Peoples: Research, Knowledges, and Ways of Knowing
Research Vignette: Indigenous Parenting and Culturally Safe Care
7. Indigenous Peoples: Research, Knowledges, and Ways of Knowing
Part 3: Qualitative Research
Research Vignette: Clinical Practice Leads to Research Interests
8. Introduction to Qualitative Research
9. Qualitative Approaches to Research
Part 4: Quantitative Research
Research Vignette: Key Principles to Addressing Social and Health Inequities with Qualitative Research
10. Introduction to Quantitative Research
11. Experimental and Quasiexperimental Designs
12. Nonexperimental Designs
Part 5: Processes Related to Research
Research Vignette: Understanding the Complexities of Culture through Nursing Research
13. Sampling
14. Data-Collection Methods
15. Rigour in Research
16. Qualitative Data Analysis
17. Quantitative Data Analysis
18. Knowledge Dissemination
Part 6: Critiquing Research
Research Vignette: Stories and Storytelling in Nursing Research
19. Critiquing Qualitative Research
20. Critiquing Quantitative Research
Part 7: Application of Research: Evidence-Informed Practice
Research Vignette: Nursing Research Informing Gender-Affirming Care
21. Developing an Evidence-Informed Practice
Appendix
A: Service Providers’ Perspectives: Reducing Intimate Partner Violence in Rural and Northern Regions of Canada
B: Tapering Opioid Prescription Program for High-Risk Trauma Patients: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
C: Black African Newcomer Women’s Perception of Postpartum Mental Health Services in Canada
D. Single Room Maternity Care Versus Traditional Maternity Care: A Cross-Sectional Study Examining Differences in Mothers’ Perceptions of Readiness for Discharge and Satisfaction and Health Outcomes
E: An Overview of Mixed Methods Research
Glossary
Answers and Rationales to Check Your Understanding Questions
Research Vignette: Using Big Data Analytics to Address Big Problems in Health
1. The Role of Research in Nursing
2. Theoretical Frameworks
3. Critical Appraisal Strategies: Reading Research
4. Developing Research Questions, Hypotheses, and Clinical Questions
5. Finding and Appraising the Literature
6. Legal and Ethical Issues
Part 2: Indigenous Peoples: Research, Knowledges, and Ways of Knowing
Research Vignette: Indigenous Parenting and Culturally Safe Care
7. Indigenous Peoples: Research, Knowledges, and Ways of Knowing
Part 3: Qualitative Research
Research Vignette: Clinical Practice Leads to Research Interests
8. Introduction to Qualitative Research
9. Qualitative Approaches to Research
Part 4: Quantitative Research
Research Vignette: Key Principles to Addressing Social and Health Inequities with Qualitative Research
10. Introduction to Quantitative Research
11. Experimental and Quasiexperimental Designs
12. Nonexperimental Designs
Part 5: Processes Related to Research
Research Vignette: Understanding the Complexities of Culture through Nursing Research
13. Sampling
14. Data-Collection Methods
15. Rigour in Research
16. Qualitative Data Analysis
17. Quantitative Data Analysis
18. Knowledge Dissemination
Part 6: Critiquing Research
Research Vignette: Stories and Storytelling in Nursing Research
19. Critiquing Qualitative Research
20. Critiquing Quantitative Research
Part 7: Application of Research: Evidence-Informed Practice
Research Vignette: Nursing Research Informing Gender-Affirming Care
21. Developing an Evidence-Informed Practice
Appendix
A: Service Providers’ Perspectives: Reducing Intimate Partner Violence in Rural and Northern Regions of Canada
B: Tapering Opioid Prescription Program for High-Risk Trauma Patients: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
C: Black African Newcomer Women’s Perception of Postpartum Mental Health Services in Canada
D. Single Room Maternity Care Versus Traditional Maternity Care: A Cross-Sectional Study Examining Differences in Mothers’ Perceptions of Readiness for Discharge and Satisfaction and Health Outcomes
E: An Overview of Mixed Methods Research
Glossary
Answers and Rationales to Check Your Understanding Questions
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9780443278341
Page Count:
640
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