Practice-Based Clinical Inquiry in Nursing: Looking Beyond Traditional Methods for PhD and DNP Research / Edition 1

by Joan R. Bloch PhD, CRNP, Maureen R. Courtney PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, Myra L. Clark PhD, FNP-C

Overview

Meticulously compiled to serve the specific needs of APRNs and nurse executives engaged in doctoral-level research, this text provides evidence-based and practice-based scholarly methods not traditionally taught in PhD or DNP programs. Building on and expanding traditional nursing research methods, the bookfocuses on both existing and evolving methods of clinical inquiry, some of which incorporate technology and knowledge from other disciplines. These areapproaches that can be translated into clinical practice, providing the nursing profession with unprecedented opportunities for collaboration in improvinghealth and health care systems. Methods include quality improvement, implementation science, logic models, program planning and evaluation, patient-engaged and community participatory research, dissemination research, big data, comparative effectiveness research, secondary analysis, and systematic reviews.

Chapters provide clear guidance on why and how to use a particular method, and are consistently organized to enable a comparison and contrast of different approaches in order to select the one that best fits a particular research need. The text highlights the importance of each approach, and discusses why touse a particular method for doctoral nursing work. Chapters describe how to apply the method along with how to interpret findings and disseminate them. Thedescription of each method concludes with examples from the published literature. Practical tips for impact and success in research and program proposals increase the text value.

Key Features:

• Presents research methods specifically for doctoral-level evidence-based and practice-based clinical research
• Describes interdisciplinary health care methodologies focused on evidence-based improvement in health care
• Offers practical information on benefits and use of each method
• Provides examples of each method from published literature
• Written by experienced academic and practice scholars from across the United States

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826126948
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	02/11/2016
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Joan R. Bloch, PhD, CRNP, is associate professor of nursing, and has held secondary appointments as associate professor of Nutritional Science and Public Health at Drexel University.

Maureen R. Courtney, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, is associate professor, University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing and Health Innovation.

Myra L. Clark, PhD, RN, FNP-C, is associate professor, the FNP program, The University of North Georgia. She is the director of research for the College of Health Sciences and Professions at The University of North Georgia.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

PART I: EXISTING PRACTICE-BASED METHODS FOR CLINICAL INQUIRY

1. Health Program Planning and Evaluation: What Nurse Scholars Need to Know

L. Michele Issel

Objectives

The Public Health Pyramid and Health Programs

Rationale for Utilizing Program Planning and Evaluation Approaches

Methods for Program Planning and Evaluation

Interpretation and Presentation of Scholarship Pertaining to Program Planning and Evaluation

2. Patient-Engaged and Community-Based Participatory Research

Bonnie Jerome-D’Emilia and Kathleen J. Jackson

Objectives

Purpose of PAR

Description of PAR

Importance of PEPR and CBPR

Methods of Creating PEPR and CBPR

The Interpretation and Presentation of PEPR and CBPR

Considerations: Challenges and Ethical Issues in PEPR and CBPR

Examples of Published PEPR and CBPR

3. Systematic Reviews

Susan Weber Buchholz, Denise M. Linton, Maureen R. Courtney, and Michael E. Schoeny

Objectives

The Importance of Systematic Reviews

Three Important Reasons for Systematic Reviews

Conducting a Systematic Review

Interpretation and Presentation of Systematic Reviews

Appraisal of Systematic Reviews

Appendix 3.1 Systematic Review Resources

Appendix 3.2 Examples of Systematic Review Abstracts From the Published Literature

4. Quality Improvement Research

Catherine Johnson, Mary Ellen Smith Glasgow, and Mary Elizabeth “Betsy” Guimond

Objectives

The Importance of Quality Improvement

Reasons Why Nurse Scholars Should Use Quality Improvement Research Approaches

Methods for Quality Improvement Research

Models for Quality Improvement Developed in Health Care

PhD/DNP Model of Collaboration for Quality Improvement in Health Care

PART II: EVOLVING PRACTICE-BASED RESEARCH METHODS

5. Big Data in Nursing Research

Patricia Abbott and Boqin Xie

Objectives

Defining Big Data and Analytics

Big Data in Nursing Inquiry

Methods, Tools, and Processes Used With Big Data With Relevance to Nursing

Examples From the Published Literature

6. Comparative Effectiveness Research

Georgia L. Narsavage

Objectives

Description of CER

Reasons for Using CER

Methods of Creating CER

Interpretation of CER

The Presentation of CER

Appendix 6.1 Comparative Effectiveness Resources

Appendix 6.2 Examples of CER Abstracts From the Published Literature

7. Dissemination Research

Jane T. Garvin, Amber B. McCall, and Devita T. Stallings

Objectives

Defining Dissemination Research

Importance of Dissemination Research

Methods of Creating Dissemination Research

Analysis of Data Related to Dissemination Research

Interpretation and Presentation of Dissemination Research

Examples of Published Dissemination Research

8. Implementation Research

Joan R. Bloch, Myra L. Clark, and Judy Faust

Objectives

Why Nurse Scholars Should Use Implementation Science in Research and Practice

How to Use Implementation Science

The Interpretation and Presentation of Implementation Research

PART III: A TOOLBOX FOR GREATER IMPACT AND SUCCESS

9. Using Geographic Information Systems in Clinical and Population Health Research

Joan R. Bloch and Sarah Cordivano

Objectives

Geographic Information Systems

Reasons Why GIS Is Important for Practice-Based Clinical Inquiry

How to Use GIS in Nursing Clinical Inquiry Research

Examples of Published Literature

10. A Statistical Toolbox: Tips for Engaging in Clinical Inquiry to Improve Health and Health Care

Louis Fogg, Beth A. Staffileno, and Marcia Murphy

Objectives

The Statistical Toolbox

Working With Statisticians: What Nurse Scholars Need to Know

Conclusion With Words of Wisdom From the Statistician Himself

11. Logic Models

Shirlee M. Drayton-Brooks, Paula Gray, and Maria Elayne DeSimone

Objectives

Logic Model Defined

The Importance of Logic Models

Reasons for Using Logic Models

Methods of Creating Logic Models

Presentation of Theory-Driven Logic Models

Index