Basic Steps in Planning Nursing Research : From Question to Proposal,9780763715717

Basic Steps in Planning Nursing Research : From Question to Proposal

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Edition: 5th
ISBN13: 9780763715717
ISBN10: 0763715719
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-03-01
Publisher(s): Jones & Bartlett Pub
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Summary

Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Brandon/Hill Nursing List first-purchase selection (#236). Guide to writing a nursing research proposal, exploring the theory, rationale, and literature involved in nursing research. Includes information on critiquing the recent work of others. Previous edition: c1998. Softcover. DNLM: Nursing Research--methods--Nurses' Instruction.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Fifth Edition xi
Preface xiii
How to Write a Researchable Question
1(20)
Research Topics
2(3)
What Is a Researchable Question?
5(1)
Asking Research Question
6(3)
Examining Components of a Research Question
9(11)
Levels of Questions
10(8)
Rewriting Your Question
18(2)
Be Interested in Your Idea
20(1)
Recommended Readings
20(1)
From Question to Problem
21(22)
Finding the Level of Knowledge about a Topic
22(6)
How to Search the Literature on Your Topic
28(1)
Level of Theory and Level of Question
29(3)
Developing the Research Problem from the Literature Review
32(4)
Find Out What You Know
32(1)
Ask Questions about the Theory
33(1)
Look Up Interrelated Ideas
34(1)
Outline
34(1)
Convert Your Topic Outline to a Sentence Outline
35(1)
Relate the Theory to the Question
36(1)
Beginning with an Observation
36(6)
Where do You Start Your Literature Search?
38(4)
Recommended Readings
42(1)
The Full and Final Research Problem
43(12)
Elements of a Research Problem
44(5)
Review of the Literature
44(1)
The Rationale for Developing the Question
45(1)
The Theoretical or Conceptual Framework
45(4)
The Psychology of Argument
49(1)
Strongest Argument Last
50(2)
Problem 1
50(1)
Problem 2
51(1)
Substantiate What You Say
52(1)
Recommended Readings
53(2)
Critical Review of the Literature
55(14)
Content of a Critique
57(1)
What to Critique
57(1)
How to Do a Critique
58(7)
Guidelines for Critique of Published Research
65(1)
Where Does the Critique Belong?
66(1)
Recommended Readings
67(2)
Stating the Purpose of the Study
69(14)
Level I: The Purpose Written as a Declarative Statement
70(2)
Level II: The Purpose Written as a Question
72(3)
Level III: The Purpose Written as a Hypothesis
75(4)
Examining the Components of a Hypothesis
79(1)
The Significance of the Statement of Purpose
80(1)
Stating the Purpose of the Study: A Summary
80(2)
Recommended Readings
82(1)
Defining Your Terms
83(16)
Types of Variables
87(1)
Defining the Independent Variable
88(2)
How Variable Are Measured
90(6)
Nominal Scale
91(1)
Ordinal Scale
91(1)
Interval (and Ratio) Scale
92(4)
Terms that Need Definition
96(1)
Writing Operational Definitions: A Review
96(2)
Recommended Readings
98(1)
The Research Design: Blueprint for Action
99(32)
Designing Your Study from the Question
100(1)
Characteristics of Research Designs
101(4)
The Setting for the Study
101(1)
Timing of Data Collection
102(1)
Sample Selection
103(1)
Type of Data to Be Collected
104(1)
Issues of Control
104(1)
Descriptive Designs
105(9)
Exploratory Descriptive Designs
105(5)
Descriptive Survey Designs
110(4)
Experimental Designs
114(5)
Controlling Unwanted Influences
119(8)
Extraneous Variables
119(5)
Bias
124(1)
The Hawthorne Effect
125(1)
Time
126(1)
Level of Study and Degree of Control
127(1)
Recommended Readings
128(3)
Selecting the Sample
131(18)
Types of Samples
134(9)
Probability Samples
136(4)
Nonprobability Samples
140(3)
Sample Size
143(2)
Level of Study and Sample Selection
145(2)
Recommended Readings
147(2)
Selecting a Method to Answer the Question
149(24)
Observation
150(8)
Degree of Investigator Involvement
154(1)
Degree of Structure
155(2)
Timing of Observations
157(1)
Type of Observation and Level of Study
157(1)
Questionnaires and Interviews
158(10)
Advantages and Disadvantages of Interviews and Questionnaires
159(1)
Types of Questions
160(1)
Degree of Structure in Questionnaires and Interviews
161(2)
Setting Up Your Data Collection Instrument
163(1)
Projective Tests
164(2)
Level of Question and Degree of Structure
166(1)
Designing the Questionnaire or Interview Guide
167(1)
Available Data
168(1)
Physiological Measures
169(1)
Recommended Readings
170(3)
Reliability and Validity of Measurement
173(26)
Errors in Data Collection Procedures
174(4)
Validity
178(6)
Self-evident Measures
178(3)
Pragmatic Measures
181(1)
Construct Validity
182(2)
Reliability
184(5)
Tests of Stability
184(2)
Tests of Equivalence
186(2)
Tests of Internal Consistency
188(1)
Reliability and Validity Issues in Field Research Using Participant Observation
189(4)
Reliability and Validity in the Research Plan
193(1)
Self-test
194(1)
Test Measures
194(1)
Answers
194(1)
Recommended Readings
195(4)
Ethics in Nursing Research
199(18)
Problems Involving Ethics
201(5)
Coercion of Subjects to Participate
203(1)
Withholding Benefits from Control Subjects
204(1)
Invasion of Privacy
205(1)
Informed Consent
206(2)
Information
206(1)
Understanding
207(1)
Free Choice
207(1)
Proxy Consents for Research
208(1)
Balancing Potential Benefit against Actual Cost
208(2)
Maintaining Anonymity and Confidentiality
210(1)
Federal Guidelines on the Submission of Proposals for Review
211(1)
Ethical Principles Underlying Protection of Human Subjects
212(3)
Recommended Readings
215(2)
Planning for Analysis of Data
217(24)
Descriptive Analysis
218(11)
Structured versus Unstructured Data
219(1)
Content Analysis: Structuring Unstructured Data
220(2)
Reliability and Validity in Content Analysis
222(1)
Structured Data: Statistical Analysis
222(7)
Inferential Analysis
229(3)
Testing Hypotheses
230(2)
Choosing a Statistical Test: What Does Your Hypothesis Ask?
232(5)
Difference between Two Groups
233(1)
Difference among Multiple Groups
234(1)
Correlation between Variables
234(2)
Estimation of Population Parameters from Sample Data
236(1)
Be Sure You Can Answer Your Question
236(1)
The Answer Is in the Question
237(3)
Level I Questions
237(1)
Level II Questions
238(1)
Level III Questions
238(2)
Recommended Readings
240(1)
Writing the Research Proposal
241(24)
The Introductory Matter
243(1)
Form of the Final Research Problem
243(7)
The Introduction
244(1)
The Body
244(2)
The Rationale for your Research
246(3)
The Conclusion
249(1)
Statement of the Purpose of the Study
250(1)
Definition of Terms
251(1)
The Research Design
251(1)
The Sample
252(3)
Target Population
253(1)
Sample Selection
253(2)
Methods and Instruments
255(1)
Reliability and Validity
255(1)
Data Analysis
256(1)
Protection of Human Subjects
256(1)
Summary
257(1)
Variations in the Proposal Format
258(3)
Thesis or Dissertation
258(1)
Grant Proposals
259(2)
The Finished Proposal
261(3)
Check Your References
262(1)
Polishing the Draft
262(2)
Recommended Readings
264(1)
Appendix: Sample Research Proposals 265(134)
Level I
What Do Edmonton Seniors Say Are the Reasons for Including Herbal Supplements in Their Diet for the Maintenance of Their Health?
266(16)
Brett Hodson
Value Orientations of the Copper Inuit
282(44)
Nancy A. Edgecombe
Living in a Nursing Home with Multiple Sclerosis
326(17)
Connie Winther
Level II
The Relationship Between Physical and/or Psychological Abuse and Health Status
343(29)
Pamela Ratner
Level III
Umbilical Cord Care
372(10)
Jennifer Medves
Maintaining Catheter Patency Using Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator
382(17)
Colleen M. Astle
Index 399

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