TY - BOOK AU - Polit, Denise F. AU - Beck, Cheryl Tatano. TI - Essentials of nursing research: appraising evidence for nursing practice SN - 9780781781534 (alk. paper) U1 - 610.73072 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkin s KW - Nursing KW - Research KW - Nursing Research KW - Evidence-Based Nursing N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -