Understanding Nursing Research: Reading and Using Research in Evidence-Based Practice

This textbook explicitly links understanding of nursing research with evidence-based do, and focuses on how to read, critique, and use research reports. Organized nearly questions students have when reading reports—how the conclusions were reached, what types of patients the conclusions apply to, how the study was done, and why it was done that way—the text clarifies the steps of the research administer to resolution these questions.

Chapters include clinical vignettes, highlighted key concepts, and out-of-class exercises. Appendices bestow a variety of research examples. This edition includes significant new material on evidence-based do and more distinction between qualitative and quantitative research.