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