Ogier's Reading Research / Edition 3

by Nicky Lanoe RGN, RCNT, RNT, MSc, ILTM

Overview

The importance of evidence-based nursing and the need to be research-minded means that all nurses must be aware of research and use it to inform their practice. But how can you find out what research is available? How do you find your way around reports? And how can you decide what research is relevant to your practice? This book will help. Thousands of nurses found the first 2 editions' down-to-earth style and step-by-step guidance invaluable. The new edition will retain and enhance this straightforward approach, but reflect changes in locating and reading research, including the impact of new technologies such as CDROM, Medline and the Internet.

• Step-by-step guidance
• Easy to read
• Relevant to present curricula

• Updated material on putting evidence into practice
• Updated references
• Expanded information on Internet
• Addition of Clinical Governance

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780702026706
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	10/01/2002
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Freelance lecturer and management consultant, Les Adoubez, Ville Amphrey, St Martins, Guernsey, CI

Table of Contents

Foreword. Acknowledgements. Introduction: How to use the book. Why bother about research? How to find what you need to read. Making records. Making sense of reports. The introduction and literature review. The method or methodology. The results. The discussion and conclusion. Implications for practice. References. Further Reading

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Diane M Tomasic, EdD, RN (Slippery Rock University )
Description: This book provides readers with the basics needed to read a research report and to develop a positive attitude toward research.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide readers with the skills to understand a research report. This is important since many nurses are becoming aware of the key role that research plays in evidence-based practice. Many nurses feel ill-equipped to find, read, and critically evaluate research.
Audience: The target audience for this book is any nurse seeking a friendly, concise guide to reading research. This is the third edition that the author has written.
Features: This book analyzes the parts of a research report. It begins with an introduction on how to use the book and why one needs to be able to read and understand a research report. Chapter 3 deals with locating research articles and chapter 4 with how to summarize an article. The remaining chapters deal with each component of a research article: abstract, introduction and literature review, methodology, results, discussion and conclusion, and implications for practice. The book contains icons to direct the reader to the glossary, further reading, or cross-reference. It is a small book (fewer than 100 pages) and there are some omissions. Some components frequently found in research reports that are not mentioned in the book include framework, quasi-experimental research methods, grounded theory research, non-random sampling methods, and ANOVA.
Assessment: This pocket-sized book should be very useful to the target audience. It does provide the reader with the basics to understand the components of a research report.

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2 Stars from Doody