Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice, 10th Edition has been updated to incorporate new methodological advances and, to the extent possible, substantive examples used to illustrate concepts will be from articles published in 2013 to 2015. The organizational structure introduced in the 9th edition will be maintained -- i.e., content focusing on quantitative research will be in Part III, and content on qualitative research will be in Part IV.



The textbook package will include the book itself, a Resource Manual, and a digital Toolkit with high-quality forms and tools (in Microsoft Word) that new researchers can modify or use directly (e.g., informed consent forms, demographic questionnaires. Additional useful material will be added to the Toolkit, including links to open-access papers on the topic covered in each chapter.



A valuable ancillary package is available for instructors and students via thePoint. They include PowerPoint slides with relevant tables and figures, test bank, journal articles, case studies, critical thinking exercises, strategies for effective teaching, internet resources, and glossary.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Part 1 Foundations of Nursing Research (p. 1)
• 1 Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment (p. 2)
• 2 Evidence-Based Nursing: Translating Research Evidence into Practice (p. 7)
• 3 Key Concepts and Steps in Qualitative and Quantitative Research (p. 12)
• Part 2 Conceptualizing and Planning a Study to Generate Evidence for Nursing (p. 21)
• 4 Research Problems, Research Questions, and Hypotheses (p. 22)
• 5 Literature Reviews: Finding and Critiquing Evidence (p. 29)
• 6 Theoretical Frameworks (p. 36)
• 7 Ethics in Nursing Research (p. 42)
• 8 Planning a Nursing Study (p. 48)
• Part 3 Designing and Conducting Quantitative Studies to Generate Evidence for Nursing (p. 55)
• 9 Quantitative Research Design (p. 56)
• 10 Rigor and Validity in Quantitative Research (p. 62)
• 11 Specific Types of Quantitative Research (p. 68)
• 12 Sampling in Quantitative Research (p. 73)
• 13 Data Collection in Quantitative Research (p. 78)
• 14 Measurement and Data Quality (p. 85)
• 15 Developing and Testing Self-Report Scales (p. 91)
• 16 Descriptive Statistics (p. 96)
• 17 Inferential Statistics (p. 102)
• 18 Multivariate Statistics (p. 110)
• 19 Processes of Quantitative Data Analysis (p. 116)
• 20 Clinical Significance and Interpretation of Quantitative Results (p. 121)
• Part 4 Designing and Conducting Qualitative Studies to Generate Evidence for Nursing (p. 127)
• 21 Qualitative Research Design and Approaches (p. 128)
• 22 Sampling in Qualitative Research (p. 133)
• 23 Data Collection in Qualitative Research (p. 137)
• 24 Qualitative Data Analysis (p. 143)
• 25 Trustworthiness and Integrity in Qualitative Research (p. 149)
• Part 5 Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Studies to Generate Evidence for Nursing (p. 155)
• 26 Basics of Mixed Methods Research (p. 156)
• 27 Developing Complex Nursing Interventions Using Mixed Methods Research (p. 163)
• 28 Feasibility Assessments and Pilot Tests of Interventions Using Mixed Methods (p. 168)
• Part 6 Building an Evidence Base for Nursing Practice (p. 173)
• 29 Systematic Reviews of Research Evidence: Meta-Analysis, Metasynthesis, and Mixed Studies Review (p. 174)
• 30 Disseminating Evidence: Reporting Research Findings (p. 180)
• 31 Writing Proposals to Generate Evidence (p. 185)
• Appendix A Computer Intervention Impact on Psychosocial Adaptation of Rural Women With Chronic Conditions (p. 190)
• Appendix B Rooting for the Breast: Breastfeeding Promotion in the NICU (p. 205)
• Appendix C A SMurse-Facilitated Depression Screening Program in an Army Primary Care Clinic: An Evidence-Based Project (p. 216)
• Appendix D Translation and Validation of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension for Koreans Intervention: Culturally Tailored Dietary Guidelines for Korean Americans With High Blood Pressure (p. 229)
• Appendix E Sharing a Traumatic Event: The Experience of the Listener and the Storyteller Within the Dyad (p. 244)
• Appendix F Fatigue in the Presence of Coronary Heart Disease (p. 255)
• Appendix G Care Transition Experiences of Spousal Caregivers: From a Geriatric Rehabilitation Unit to Home (p. 271)
• Appendix H Randomized Controlled Trial of a Psychoeducation Program for the Self-Management of Chronic Cardiac Pain (p. 292)
• *Critique of Study (p. 309)
• Appendix I Differences in Perceptions of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy Among Adherers and Nonadherers (p. 320)
• *Critique of Study (p. 345)
• Appendix J The Development and Testing of the Nursing Teamwork Survey (p. 352)
• Appendix K Effect of Culturally Tailored Diabetes Education in Ethnic Minorities With Type 2 Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis (p. 366)
• Appendix L A Metaethnography of Traumatic Childbirth and Its Aftermath: Amplifying Causal Looping (p. 388)
• Appendix M Older Adults' Response to Health Care Practitioner Pain Communication: Grant Application to NINR (p. 402)
• Appendix N Answers to Selected Resource Manual Exercises (p. 443)