Research for Evidence-Based Practice in Healthcare

Robert Newell is Professor of Nursing Research & Director of Postgraduate Research, University of Bradford. Philip Burnard is Emeritus Professor of Nursing, Cardiff University

• List of Common Research Terms viiSECTION 1 CONTEXTUAL MATERIALS1 Introduction to Healthcare Research for Evidence-Based Practice 32 The Research Process – Organising Your Research 173 Choosing Methodological Approaches 324 Searching the Literature 405 Ethics of Healthcare Research 496 Basic Concepts: Sampling, Reliability and Validity 60SECTION 2 QUALITATIVE APPROACHES7 Issues in Qualitative Data Collection 718 Case Studies 909 Ethnography 9810 Phenomenology 11011 A Pragmatic Approach to Qualitative Data Analysis 11812 Limitations of Qualitative Research 130SECTION 3 QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES13 Sampling, Reliability and Validity Issues in Data Collection and Analysis 14314 Cause and Effect, Hypothesis Testing and Estimation 15315 Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Approaches 16616 The Single Case Experiment 17917 Randomised Controlled Trials 19218 Non-Experimental Approaches 20319 Surveys 21420 The Role of Statistics 223SECTION 4 APPRAISAL, DISSEMINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION21 Evidence-Based Practice and Clinical Effectiveness 23722 Critical Evaluation of Research Reports 24623 Writing a Research Report 25724 Getting Research into Practice 270Appendix 1 Research Log 279Appendix 2 List of Useful Websites (In Order of Citation) 281Additional resource material can be found on the book's website at:www.wiley.com/go/newell

"This book is aimed at students who are learning about evidence-based practice and have little understanding of research and research methods."—Doody's, 16 September 2011"A very well written book. Made me more aware of how evidence based practice is important to clinical practice."—3rd year adult nursing student, Salford University"I was very impressed with this book. I think the content is very encompassing, and is a very good resource. I enjoyed reading through this book and felt that I learnt a lot from it."—2nd year nursing student, Keele University"This text book is aimed at first time students that have never used evidence based practice and who may not understand how to go about researching and understanding journals and other research methods. It is also really good for those students that may be more familiar with research methods but who may wish for clarification. It is definitely a text that crosses different academic levels and would be just as useful for a student completing their dissertation as those just starting a degree."—2nd year nursing student, University of Manchester"I would certainly recommend the book to my fellow students and lecturer and I am going to take the book into university for them to have a look at."—1st year nursing student, Huddersfield University