Basic Steps in Planning Nursing Research: From Question to Proposal

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Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2001 - Medical - 408 pages
This 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
 

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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

Reliability and Validity of Measurement
173
Ethics in Nursing Research
199
Informed Consent
206
Ethical Principles Underlying Protection of Human Subjects
212
LEVEL III
387
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