Nursing Research: Designs and Methods , livre ebook

Table of Contents

Cover image
Front matter
Copyright
Dedication
Contributors
Foreword
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1. The Nature and Language of Nursing Research
Chapter 2. Approaches to Research
Chapter 3. Participative Approaches to Research
Chapter 4. Feminist Research
Chapter 5. Historical Research
Chapter 6. Evaluation Research
Chapter 7. Asking Research Questions
Chapter 8. Accessing the Nursing Research Literature
Chapter 9. Synthesising Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence within a Systematic Review
Chapter 10. The Cochrane Database and Meta-analysis
Chapter 11. Evaluating the Literature
Chapter 12. Research Governance and Research Ethics
Chapter 13. The Research Proposal
Chapter 14. Managing a Research Project
Chapter 15. Supervising Research Students
Chapter 16. Publishing and Dissemination of Research
Chapter 17. Surveys
Chapter 18. Experiments
Chapter 19. Single-case Studies
Chapter 20. Action Research
Chapter 21. Grounded Theory
Chapter 22. Phenomenology
Chapter 23. Ethnography
Chapter 24. Delphi Studies
Chapter 25. Longitudinal Studies
Chapter 26. Triangulation
Chapter 27. Interviews
Chapter 28. Focus Groups
Chapter 29. Questionnaires
Chapter 30. Observation
Chapter 31. Q Methodology in Nursing Research
Glossary
Chapter 32. Narrative Research and Analysis
Chapter 33. Qualitative Data Analysis
Chapter 34. Descriptive Statistics
Chapter 35. Inferential Statistics
Chapter 36. Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
Index
Front matter
NURSING RESEARCH
DESIGNS AND METHODS
Commissioning Editor: Steven Black
Development Editor: Gill Cloke, Fiona Conn
Project Manager: Christine Johnston
Designer: Charles Gray
Illustration Manager: Merlyn Harvey
Illustrator: David Gardner

Nursing Research

Designs and Methods
Edited by
Roger Watson BSc PhD RGN CBiol FIBiol FHEA FRSA FAAN
Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield, UKEditor-in-Chief, Journal of Clinical Nursing
Hugh McKenna PhD DipN(Lond) AdvDipEd RGN RMN RNT FRCN
Dean, Faculty of Life & Health Sciences, University of Ulster, UK
Seamus Cowman MSc PhD PGCEA DipN(Lond) RGN RNT RPN FFNMRCSI
Professor of Nursing and Head of Department, Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
John Keady PhD CertHEd RMN RNT
Professor of Older People's Mental Health Nursing, The University of Manchester/Bolton, Salford and Trafford Mental Health NHS Trust, UK Co‐editor Dementia: the International Journal of Social Research and Practice
Forewords by
Patricia Benner PhD RN FAAN FRCN
Professor, University of California San Francisco School of Nursing, San Francisco, USA
Shake Ketefian EdD RN FAAN
Professor and Director of International Affairs, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, USA

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Dedication
We wish to dedicate this book to special people in our lives with mention of the following: Harry Watson, George Davidson, Trish, Gowain and Saoirse McKenna, Jonathan, Rebecca and James Cowman, Jessica and Christopher Keady.
Contributors
Shona Agarwal, BA(Hons) MSc

Research Associate, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, UK
http://www.hs.le.ac.uk/group/bge/staff/agarwal.html
Ian Atkinson, BSc(Hons) PhD RGN RMN PGCLT

Senior Lecturer, School of Health & Social Care, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, UK
http://www.tees.ac.uk/schools/SOH/index.cfm
Rachel Baker, BA PhD

Lecturer in Health Economics, Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ihs/people/profile/r.m.baker
Cecily Begley, MSc MA PhD RGN RM RNT FENRCSI FTCD

Director of School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland
http://www.tcd.ie/Nursing_Midwifery
Heeseung Choi, DSN MPH RN

Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
http://uic.edu
Linda Clare, MA MSc PhD CPsychol

Reader, School of Psychology, University of Wales, Bangor, UK
http://staff.psychology.bangor.ac.uk
Seamus Cowman, MSc PhD PGCEA DipN(Lond) RGN RNT RPN FFNMRCSI

Professor of Nursing and Head of Department, Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
John Cutcliffe, BSc(Hons)Nrsg PhD RN RGN RMN RPN

‘David G Braithwaite’ Professor of Nursing, University of Texas, Tyler, USA
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatric Nursing, Stenberg College, Vancouver, Canada
Visiting Professor, University of Ulster, UK
John Daly, BA MEd PhD RN

Head, School of Nursing, College of Health & Science, University of Western Sydney, Australia
http://www.uws.edu.au/about/acadorg/schools/nursing
Patricia Davidson, BA MEd PhD RN

Associate Professor of Nursing, Director Nursing Research Unit, School of Nursing, University of Western Sydney, Australia
http://www.uws.edu.au/about/acadorg/schools/nursing
Mary Dixon-Woods, BA MSc DPhil DipStat

Reader in Social Science and Health, University of Leicester, UK
http://www.hs.le.ac.uk/staff/profiles/dixon-woods.html
Gerard M Fealy, PhD, MEd, BNS, RGN, RPN, RNT

Dean of Nursing and Head of School, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems, University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland
http://www.ucd.ie/nmhs/staff/fealy_gerard.htm
Carol Haigh, BSc MSc PhD RN

Senior Lecturer in Research, Salford Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Collaborative Research, University of Salford, UK
http://www.ihscr.salford.ac.uk/SCNMCR/
Ingalill Rahm Hallberg, PhD RN RNT FEANS

Professor in Health Care Science, Lund University
Director of the Swedish National Institute for Health Care Sciences, Sweden
http://www.research.med.lu.se
Kevin Hope, BSc(Hons) MA PhD CertEd RGN RMN RNT

Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, The University of Manchester, UK
http://www.nursing.manchester.ac.uk/staff/KevinHope
Charlotte Humphrey, MSc PhD

Professor of Health Care Evaluation, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kings College London, UK
http://www.kcl.ac.uk
Debra Jackson, PhD RN

Leader, NFORCE Research Group, School of Nursing, College of Health & Science, University of Western Sydney, Australia
http://www.uws.edu.au/about/acadorg/schools/nursing
David R. Jones, BA MSc PhD DipHE CStat CMath

Professor of Medical Statistics, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, UK
www.hs.le.ac.uk/group/bge/staff/jones.html
Pauline Joyce, BNS MSc RGN RM RNT FFNMRCSI

Director of Academic Affairs, International School of Healthcare Management, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
http://www.rcsi.ie
John Keady, PhD CertHEd RMN RNT

Professor of Older People's Mental Health Nursing, The University of Manchester/Bolton, Salford and Trafford Mental Health NHS Trust, UK
http://www.nursing.manchester.ac.uk/staff/JohnKeady/
Sinead Keeney, BA(Hons) MRes PhD

Senior Lecturer, Institute of Nursing Research, University of Ulster, UK
http://www2.ulster.ac.uk/staff/sr.keeney.html
Mi Ja Kim, PhD RN FAAN

Professor and Dean Emeritus, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
http://www.uic.edu/
Debbie Kralik, MN PhD RN

Director of Research, Research Unit, Royal District Nursing Service, South Australia, Australia
http://www.rdns.net.au/research_unit/research_focus.shtml
Tanya McCance, BSc(Hons) MSc DPhil RN

‘Mona Grey’ Professor of Research & Development, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and University of Ulster, Belfast, UK
http://www2.ulster.ac.uk/staff/tv.mccance.html
Geraldine McCarthy, PhD MSN MEd DipNursing RGN RNT

Professor and Head of School, Catherine McAuley School of Nursing & Midwifery, National University of Ireland, Cork, Republic of Ireland
http://www.ucc.ie/acad/nursing/
Sonja Mcilfatrick, BSc(Hons) MSc PhD PGDipNursEd RGN RNT

Lecturer in Nursing, Institute of Nursing Research, University of Ulster, Belfast, UK
http://www2.ulster.ac.uk/staff/sj.mcilfatrick.html
Hugh McKenna, PhD DipN(Lond) AdvDipEd RGN RMN RNT FRCN

Dean, Faculty of Life & Health Sciences, University of Ulster, UK
Zena Moore, MSc RGN FFNMRCSI

HRB Clinical Nursing and Midwifery Research Fellow, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
http://www.rcsi.ie
Paul Murphy, BA, MLIS