Understanding Research for Nursing Students
Fourth Edition
- Peter Ellis - St Michael's Hospice
November 2018 | 208 pages | Learning Matters
If you’re learning about research for the first time, or grappling with an essay or final year project, this is the nursing research book you’re looking for. Using plain language and case studies that relate research directly to every-day nursing situations, the author guides you through the central concepts you need to know to truly understand research in nursing.
Key features
- Each chapter is linked to the new NMC Standards and Educational Framework
- Seven concise chapters that quickly answer the most common questions about research
- Activities, scenarios and case studies bring the theory to life and show why research is so important to nursing
- A companion website with 9 podcasts to bring topics from the book to life.
Introduction
Chapter 1: Introducing research
Chapter 2: Overview of qualitative methodologies
Chapter 3: Data collection methods and analysis in qualitative research
Chapter 4: Overview of quantitative methodologies
Chapter 5: Data collection methods and analysis in quantitative research
Chapter 6: Multiple methods, evaluation and action research
Chapter 7: Using research