Basic Steps in Planning Nursing Research: From Question to ProposalThis text explores the theory, rationale, and literature behind nursing research, viewing the research proposal as a problem-solving process and focusing on the beginning phase of research, the research plan. It shows how to write a researchable question, develop a research problem, use and critique |
Contents
50 | 1 |
From Question to Problem | 21 |
The Full and Final Research Problem | 43 |
Critical Review of the Literature | 55 |
Stating the Purpose of the Study | 69 |
Defining Your Terms | 83 |
Blueprint for Action | 99 |
Selecting the Sample | 131 |
Descriptive Analysis | 218 |
Inferential Analysis | 229 |
The Answer Is in the Question | 237 |
The Introductory Matter | 241 |
Sample Research Proposals | 265 |
Value Orientations of the Copper Inuit By Nancy A Edgecombe | 282 |
Living in a Nursing Home with Multiple Sclerosis By Connie Winther | 326 |
The Relationship Between Physical andor Psychological Abuse and Health Status | 343 |
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