Nursing Research: Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice

By Judith Haber, Geri Lobiondo-Wood, Geri LoBiondo-Wood

Book Overview

Learn to better understand and apply research to everyday practice with Nursing Research: Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice, 9th Edition. Written by an all-star team of educators and research experts, this four-time recipient of the American Journal of Nursing's Book of the Year award is the perfect resource to help ground you in the processes behind nursing research and evidence-based practice. This new ninth edition has been thoroughly updated and refocused to better match the needs of the nurse who will read and apply research rather than conduct research. This new edition also features: new research examples and vignettes; easy-to-use navigation tools; enhanced readability; expanded information on interprofessional collaboration and evidence-based practice; and well-balanced coverage of both qualitative and quantitative research methods. It's a must-have resource for both undergraduate and graduate nursing programs alike

Balanced but distinct coverage of both the qualitative and quantitative approaches to nursing research acquaints you with the processes behind research and evidence-based practice. Complete, high-quality research examples, including three sample critiques, demonstrate how to apply the principles outlined in the text to published quantitative and qualitative research studies. Research Vignettes introduce you to real-world practitioners of nursing research and help bridge the gaps among clinical research, academia, and clinical practice. All-star group of contributors represents a widely respected team of experts in nursing research and evidence-based practice. Effective learning aids in every chapter include Key Terms, Learning Outcomes, Helpful Hints, Evidence-Based Practice Tips, Appraising the Evidence, Critiquing Criteria, Critique of a Research Study, Critical Thinking Decision Paths, Critical Thinking Challenges, and Key Points. NEW Revised, refocused, and streamlined content throughout to better address the needs of consumers of research for evidence-based clinical practice. NEW All-new research examples and Research Vignettes have been added throughout to demonstrate the most current high-quality published studies, and to exemplify the work on prominent nurse-researchers. NEW Content on mixed-methods research along with secondary analysis has been added to the chapter on nonexperimental designs. NEW Expanded coverage of systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines addresses these important aspects of research. UNIQUE Integration of interprofessional education concepts and activities addresses the growing interest in interprofessional education and interprofessional collaborative practice. NEW Enhanced readability and navigation tools make it easier for you to locate, understand, and retain information in the text. NEW Revamped coverage of theory content and strategies for developing an evidence-based practice feature consolidated chapters that are more visual and less text-heavy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0323431313
• ISBN13: 9780323431316
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Mosby
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

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This book works well.

I saw several "bad" reviews about this book - how difficult it was to decipher, how wordy, etc. - I was slightly depressed that it was the text selected by my professor. . . then I used it for a speeded-up intersession course and I found those concerns to be non-existent. The book is logically set up, the index is a dream and the definitions are simply-written and amply exampled; I really actually enjoyed reading the studies used as illustrations throughout the book and collected at the end. I never saw any of the "problems" that the other reviewers saw. I found the book to be great. The authors have a new edition out and I haven't used that, but if I were going to recommend textbooks to beginners in EBP - I would certainly mention editions by these authors.

Well... I liked it

I am also in the online RN-BSN program at UNM. I took the course that used this book the summer of 2007. I really liked the book. I understood more about statistics after reading the chapter in LoBiondo-Wood & Haber than after completing a semester of regular statistics. I wish I'd read that chapter first! I feel that the book was very thorough, excellent at defining terms and really thoughtful in the way the authors work very hard to describe and differentiate the many concepts that were addressed. This is what I am getting a BSN for. As a diploma grad and CCRN for 25 years, I am pretty confidant at the bedside. But now that I've taken this nursing research class, and learned to interpret and evaluate what's in the literature, well, it has really empowered me. The only thing I would suggest to purchasers of this book it to put "LoBiondo-Wood & Haber" into your autotext ASAP, because you will really get tired of typing it out!

Research

This book was excellent for my class. I liked the appendices (nsg research articles) which helped to understand the different concepts related to nursing research.