Table of Contents
Part 1 Foundations of Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice 1
1 Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment 2
2 Evidence Based Nursing: Transalting Research Evidence Into Practice 8
3 Key Concepts and Steps in Qualitative and Quantitative Research 13
Part 2 Conceptualizing and Planning a Study to Generate Evidence for Nursing 23
4 Research Problems, Research Questions, and Hypotheses 24
5 Literature Reviews: Finding and Critically Appraising Evidence 31
6 Theoretical Frameworks 33
7 Ethics in Nursing Research 44
8 Planning a Nursing Study 51
Part 3 Designing and Conducting Quantitative Studies to Generate Evidence for Nursing 57
9 Quantitative Research Design 58
10 Rigor and Validity in Quantitative Research 64
11 Specific Types of Quantitative Research 70
12 Quality Improvement and Improvement Sciences 75
13 Sampling in Quantitative Research 80
14 Data Collection in Quantitative Research 85
15 Measurement and Data Quality 92
16 Developing and Testing Self-Report Scales 98
17 Descriptive Statistics 104
18 Inferential Statistics 110
19 Multivariate Statistics 118
20 Processes of Quantitative Data Analysis 124
21 Clinical Significance and Interpretation of Quantitative Results 129
Part 4 Designing and Conducting Qualitative Studies to Generate Evidence for Nursing 135
22 Qualitative Research Design and Approaches 136
23 Sampling in Qualitative Research 142
24 Data Collection in Qualitative Research 147
25 Qualitative Data Analysis 153
26 Trustworthiness and Rigor in Qualitative Research 163
Part 5 Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Studies to Generate Evidence for Nursing 169
27 Basics of Mixed Methods Research 170
28 Developing Complex Nursing Interventions Using Mixed Methods Research 177
29 Feasibility and Pilot Studies of Interventions Using Mixed Methods 183
Part 6 Building an Evidence Base for Nursing Practice 189
30 Systematic Reviews of Research Evidence 190
31 Applicability, Generalizability, and Relevance: Toward Practice-Based Evidence 197
32 Disseminating Evidence: Reporting Research Findings 202
33 Writing Proposals to Generate Evidence 207
Appendix A Achieving Drug and Alcohol Abstinence Among Recently Incarcerated Homeless Women 213
Appendix B Infant Feeding Beliefs and Day-to-Day Feeding Practices of NICU Nurses 232
Appendix C A Nurse-Facilitated Depression Screening Program in an Army Primary Care Clinic 245
Appendix D Translation and Validation of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension for Koreans Intervention 258
Appendix E Sharing a Traumatic Event 273
Appendix F Fatigue in the Presence of Coronary Heart Disease 284
Appendix G Care Transition Experience of Spousal Caregivers 300
Appendix H A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Individualized Preoperative Education Intervention for Symptom Management After Total Knee Arthroplasty 322
*Critical Appraisal of the Study 337
Appendix I Differences in Perceptions of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy Among Adherers and Nonadherers 344
*Critical Appraisal of the Study 370
Appendix J The Cancer Worry Scale Revised for Breast Cancer Genetic Counseling 377
Appendix K Medication Adherence Interventions, Patients With Cad 391
Appendix L A Metaethnography of Traumatic Childbirth and Its Aftermath 406
Appendix M Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening Using A Qi Approach 420
Appendix N Health Care Practitioner Pain Communication: R21 Grant Application 431
Appendix O Multi-Omics Analysis: R01 Grant Application 472
Appendix P Answers to Selected Resource Manual Exercises 479
