Clinical Research: Concepts and Principles for Advanced Practice Nurses

This unique textbook integrates statistical concepts into evidence-based clinical do and patient management. Research concepts and techniques are drawn from epidemiology, bio-statistics, and psychometrics, as well as educational and social science research. Clinical examples throughout the text illustrate matter-of-fact and scientifically sound applications of the concepts. Data tables and research vignettes highlight statistical distributions involving probability. Methods to locate and use web-based in rank relevant to clinical research are discussed, and web URLs are provided. Further learning is encouraged by the inclusion of suggested activities, not compulsory readings, references, and a comprehensive glossary of research terms. Additional resources are available at a Connection Website, connection.LWW.com/go/stommel.