Nursing and Healthcare Research at a Glance (eBook)

Alan Glasper, Colin Rees (Herausgeber)

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2016
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-77875-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Nursing and Healthcare Research at a Glance is perfect for nursing and healthcare students, as well as newly qualified practitioners and anyone looking for a refresher or introduction to research.

Covering a broad range of topics gathered under key sections, this essential book combines informative diagrams and images to provide memorable information for students on one page, and accessible, clearly written text on the facing page. It includes information on a range of quantitative and qualitative research methods, the process of gaining ethical permission, conducting research with special groups including children, and successfully conducting reviews of the literature.

Key features include:

• Clear and informative full colour illustrations throughout
• An emphasis on need-to-know research information for busy students and healthcare staff
• A wide range of research methods, currently used in modern healthcare research
• An impressive line-up of specialist and well-known experts in the field of health and nursing research

This book provides quick access to the principles and reality of research and its implementation within the education and practice environment. It is essential reading for anyone in health service education and service settings with limited time who need to draw on research evidence.

Dr Alan Glasper, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, UK

Colin Rees, Lecturer (retired), School of Health Care Sciences, Cardiff University, UK

Inhalt

Nursing and Healthcare Research at a Glance 3
Contents 7
Contributors 11
Preface 15
Part 1 What is healthcare research? 17
1 The research journey 18
2 Types of review and their purpose 20
3 Using databases to search the literature 22
4 Undertaking a Cochrane systematic review 24
5 Undertaking a Joanna Briggs Institute systematic review 26
6 Using EndNote 28
7 Using the PICO framework 30
8 Using the SPICE framework 32
9 Using grey literature in the quest for evidence 33
10 Why does research need evaluating? 34
11 Key issues in evaluating research 36
12 Critically reviewing a research paper 38
13 The hierarchy of evidence 40
14 Factors influencing research design 42
15 Patient and public involvement in research 44
16 Descriptive studies 46
17 Action research 48
18 Participatory health research 50
19 The ethics of healthcare research 52
20 Preparing a research proposal 54
21 Developing a patient research information pack 56
22 Getting the most from supervision 58
23 Writing a research report 60
24 Implementation of healthcare research 62
25 Barriers to research utilisation 64
26 Designing service evaluations 66
27 Designing audit tools for measuring compliance 68
Part 2 Quantitative research 71
28 Quantitative and qualitative research approaches 72
29 Understanding the randomised controlled trial 74
30 Quasi-experimental study design 76
31 Case-control studies 78
32 Cross-sectional design 80
33 Survey research methods 82
34 Factorial survey using vignettes 84
35 Triangulation in research 86
Part 3 Qualitative research 89
36 Ethnography 90
37 Qualitative observational methods 92
38 Phenomenology 94
39 Grounded theory 96
40 Classical grounded theory 98
41 Case study research 100
42 Focus group research 102
43 The Delphi process 104
44 The nominal group technique 106
45 The icon metaphor technique 108
46 Interpretative phenomenological analysis 110
47 Theory building 112
48 Qualitative interviewing 114
49 Thematic analysis 116
50 Social network analysis 118
51 Critical discourse analysis 120
52 Bricolage research methods 122
53 Narrative inquiry 124
54 Appreciative inquiry 126
55 Qualitative data analysis software packages 128
Part 4 Research techniques 131
56 Questionnaire design 132
57 Using web-based tools to design a questionnaire 134
58 Quality of life scales 136
59 The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory 138
60 Kelly’s repertory grids 140
61 Critical incident technique 142
Part 5 Conducting research with special groups 145
62 Conducting research with vulnerable groups 146
63 Research methods applicable to vulnerable groups 148
64 Draw and write/tell technique 150
65 Engaging children and young people in research 152
66 Photographic elicitation as a means of collecting data 154
67 Focus groups with children and young people 156
68 Critical ethnography with children 158
69 Using pre-test post-test designs with children 160
70 Conducting research with older adults 162
71 Conducting surveys with people with learning disabilities 164
72 Conducting focus groups with people with learning disabilities 166
73 People with learning disabilities as co-researchers 168
74 Undertaking research with family carers 170
75 Obtaining consent from vulnerable groups 172
76 Living lab approach 174
Part 6 Historical research 177
77 What is historiography? 178
78 Source criticism 180
79 Critiquing historical research 182
80 Oral tradition 184
Part 7 Educational research 187
81 Secondary data analysis: analysing documents 188
82 Traditional annotation and coding 190
83 Video-View-Point 192
84 Ethnography and healthcare education 194
85 Semantic annotation of skills-based sessions 196
86 Actor network theory 198
Part 8 Appendices 201
1 Sampling 202
2 Calculating the required sample size 204
3 Estimating population means 204
4 Research data management 205
5 Types of data 206
6 Data requirement planning 206
7 Descriptive statistics 207
8 Frequency distribution 207
9 Hypothesis testing and statistical significance 208
10 Choosing the right test 208
11 Non-parametric tests 209
12 Student’s t-test 209
13 Analysis of variance 210
14 Tabulating data and the chi-squared test 211
15 Correlation 212
16 Measuring and interpreting correlation 213
17 Simple linear regression 215
18 Meta-analysis 216
19 Propensity score matching 217
20 Mokken scaling 219
Index 221
EULA 226

Rezensionen

"This book is an easy read and
could appeal to all levels of
nursing researchers, academics,
students and anyone trying
to rise up the clinical
research ladder...The book takes the reader
through all the necessary
processes of forming a
research question...All the essentials, such as
how to conduct a literature
review, systematic review
and hierarchy of evidence
are covered, as well as
how to design a research
questionnaire.
A number of leaders in
their field with vast experience
in clinical research have
contributed to this book,
which makes it a valuable
contribution to anyone
wanting to expand their
research knowledge." (Nursing Standard 22/03/2017)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.6.2016
• Reihe/Serie: At a Glance (Nursing and Healthcare)
• Reihe/Serie: Wiley Series on Cognitive Dynamic Systems
• Reihe/Serie: Wiley Series on Cognitive Dynamic Systems
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Schlagworte: Based • Care • Controlled • EBP • Education • Einführungen in die Krankenpflege • Einführungen in die Krankenpflege • ethnography • Evidence • Forschung im Gesundheitswesen • Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen • Grounded Theory • Health • Health & Social Care • health care research • Intervention • Introductions to Nursing • Krankenpflege • Krankenpflegeforschung • Logical Positivism • measurable • Methods • NMC • nursing • Nursing Research • Phenomenology • Practice • qualitative • Quantitative • randomised • Research • Standards • Statistics • Trial
• ISBN-10: 1-118-77875-8 / 1118778758
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-77875-3 / 9781118778753