Polit, Denise F. <br/><br/>
Essentials of nursing research :  appraising evidence for nursing practice / 
Denise F. Polit, Cheryl Tatano Beck. 
 - 7th ed. 
 - Philadelphia :  Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkin s,  c2010. 
 - xiv, 610 p. :  col. ill. ;  24 cm. +  1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction to nursing research in an evidence-based practice envir onment -- Evidence-based nursing practice : fundamentals -- Key concept s and steps in qualitative and quantitative research -- Reading and cri tiquing research reports -- Ethics in research -- Research problems, re search questions, and hypotheses -- Literature reviews : finding and re viewing research evidence -- Theoretical and conceptual frameworks -- Q uantitative research designs -- Qualitative designs and approaches -- Specific types of research -- Sampling plans -- Data collection methods -- Measurement and data quali ty -- Statistical analysis of quantitative data -- Rigor and interpreta tion in quantitative research -- Analysis of qualitative data -- Trustw orthiness and integrity in qualitative research -- Systematic reviews : meta-analysis and metasynthesis. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780781781534 (alk. paper) 0781781531 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nursing--Research.<br/>Nursing Research.<br/>Evidence-Based Nursing.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610.73072 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WY 20.5