Main description:

This book walks you step-by-step through the whole research process so you can get up to speed understanding and doing your own research.

In their friendly, down to earth style, the authors lay the theoretical foundations you need to consume and critique research, before showing how to translate this into action when tackling your own literature review or research project.

This second edition:

Draws on a wealth of examples from midwifery, four fields of nursing including mental health nursing and child nursing, and a range of health care specialities.
Covers new and updated NMC professional education standards and maps all relevant policy and law.
Supports your learning with reflective exercises, online activities and quizzes that enable you to be confident in your understanding and develop your thinking.

Whether you're encountering research and evidence-based practice for the first time or refreshing your methods knowledge, this is the ideal research companion for nurses and midwives pre-registration, post-registration and beyond.

Contents:

Part I: Laying the Foundations
Chapter 1: Introduction to Research in Nursing and Midwifery
Chapter 2: Evidence-based Practice
Chapter 3: The Development of Nursing and Midwifery Knowledge
Chapter 4: Quantitative Methodologies: An Overview
Chapter 5: Qualitative Methodologies: An Overview
Chapter 6: Mixed Methodologies: An Overview
Part II: Understanding Research Methods and Designs: The Theory
Chapter 7: Randomised Controlled Trials
Chapter 8: Qualitative Methods
Chapter 9: Surveys, Action Research and Historical Research
Chapter 10: Systematic Reviews
Chapter 11: Research Design
Part III: Using Research Methods and Design: The Practice
Chapter 12: The Research Process
Chapter 13: Literature Review: Identifying and Sourcing the Literature
Chapter 14: Literature Review: Reviewing the Narrative Data
Chapter 15: Sampling
Chapter 16: Quantitative Methods of Data Collection
Chapter 17: Qualitative Methods of Data Collection
Chapter 18: Research Governance in Clinical Research: Addressing Ethical Issues
Part IV: Data Analysis and Evaluation
Chapter 19: Quantitative Data Analysis: Measures of Clinical Effectiveness
Chapter 20: Managing and Analysing Qualitative Data
Chapter 21: Rigour
Chapter 22: Evaluating Research
Part V: Research in Action: Dissemination and Application
Chapter 23: Writing Up and Disseminating Your Research
Chapter 24: Using Research in Clinical Practice
Chapter 25: Writing a Professional Research Proposal
Chapter 26: Where Do I Go from Here?