Advanced Nursing Research ─ From Theory to Practice

This guide leads readers through the planning, design, implementation, analysis and interpretation, and reporting phases of nursing research. Topics encompass different research designs, rigor, ethics, participant recruitment, publishing, and preparing research proposals, among others. This edition emphasizes evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and the use of aggregate data, and it has a new chapter on safety and quality research and updated SAS (Statistical Analysis System) software screenshots. It includes new topics like big data, data security and protected health information, the redefinition of clinical trials, transformational research, self-plagiarism, predatory publishing, and new emphases from the National Institute for Nursing Research. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)