Clinical Research: Concepts and Principles for Advanced Practice Nurses
This unique textbook integrates statistical concepts into evidence-based clinical practice and patient management. Research concepts and techniques are drawn from epidemiology, bio-statistics, and psychometrics, as well as educational and social science research. Clinical examples throughout the text illustrate practical and scientifically sound applications of the concepts. Data tables and research vignettes highlight statistical distributions involving probability. Methods to locate and...
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This unique textbook integrates statistical concepts into evidence-based clinical practice and patient management. Research concepts and techniques are drawn from epidemiology, bio-statistics, and psychometrics, as well as educational and social science research. Clinical examples throughout the text illustrate practical and scientifically sound applications of the concepts. Data tables and research vignettes highlight statistical distributions involving probability. Methods to locate and utilize web-based information relevant to clinical research are discussed, and web URLs are provided. Further learning is encouraged by the inclusion of suggested activities, recommended readings, references, and a comprehensive glossary of research terms. Additional resources are available at a Connection Website, connection.LWW.com/go/stommel. Doody Review Services Reviewer:Diane M Tomasic, EdD, RN(Slippery Rock University )Description:This book provides the advanced practice nurse with the concepts and methods to use research findings and generate new knowledge. This book emphasizes both social science and epidemiological concepts and terminology for research design and analyses.Purpose:The purpose is to provide the reader with a thorough understanding of the methodological concepts and tools used in evidence-based practice. This book meets the aim of the authors.Audience:The target audience is graduate students in nursing and those preparing for advanced clinical practice roles as mid-level providers. The authors have taught master's level classes in nursing research and are experts in the field.Features:This book consists of seven parts. Part 1 introduces the reader to research in the advanced practice role. Parts 2-4 deal with the design and analysis of experimental studies, quasi-experimental studies and observation studies. Measurement and data collection is the focus of part 5 and part 6 deals with populations and sampling. Part 7 covers the remaining concepts of the research process. Features include research scenarios describing problem development, clinical research in action describing reviews of research to illustrate concepts, suggested activities, and review notes dealing with issues/topics covered in previous chapters.Assessment:This book will be useful to the advanced practice nurse. It is designed to provide the nurse with higher level skill and competencies in evidence-based practice.
Pt. 1Introduction to Research in Advanced Nursing Practice1Ch. 1Advanced Practice Nursing and the Integration of Research into Clinical Practice1Ch. 2The Vocabulary of Research and Overview of the Research Process6Pt. 2The Design and Analysis of Experimental Studies (Clinical Trials)29Ch. 3The Logic of Causal Inference in Experimental Studies29Ch. 4The Design and Analysis of Studies with Separate Control Groups51Ch. 5The Design and Analysis of Repeated-Measures Experiments73Pt. 3The Design and Analysis of Quasi-Experimental Studies89Ch. 6Quasi-Experimental Studies for Clinical Settings89Ch. 7The Analysis of Quasi-Experiments105Pt. 4The Design and Analysis of Observational Studies117Ch. 8Introduction to Observational Studies117Ch. 9Cohort Studies131Ch. 10Case-Control Studies143Ch. 11Survey Studies157Ch. 12Qualitative Research Approaches175Pt. 5Measurement and Data Collection193Ch. 13Concepts of Measurement and Measurement Error193Ch. 14Judging the Quality of Measurement207Ch. 15Outcome Measures for Research and Practice229Ch. 16Data Collection Techniques243Ch. 17Analysis of Existing Data265Ch. 18Qualitative Approaches to Data Collection and Interpretation278Pt. 6Populations and Sampling295Ch. 19Introduction: Key Concepts in Sampling295Ch. 20The Logic of Statistical Inference After Probability Sampling310Ch. 21Qualitative Approaches to Sampling328Pt. 7Clinical Research and Practice for Advanced Practice Nurses337Ch. 22Surveying: Making Use of Research Literature337Ch. 23Designing and Implementing Small-Scale Clinical Studies352Ch. 24Ethical Issues in Research Involving Human Subjects372Ch. 25Sources of Funding for Clinical Studies395Ch. 26Dissemination of Research Findings to Promote Changes in Practice and Policy411App. AComputation and Interpretation of Common Univariate Descriptive Statistics425App. BEstimating the Standard Error of a Mean Difference431App. CRandom Numbers and Their Use433Glossary435Index447
\ From The CriticsReviewer: Diane M Tomasic, EdD, RN(Slippery Rock University )\ Description: This book provides the advanced practice nurse with the concepts and methods to use research findings and generate new knowledge. This book emphasizes both social science and epidemiological concepts and terminology for research design and analyses.\ Purpose: The purpose is to provide the reader with a thorough understanding of the methodological concepts and tools used in evidence-based practice. This book meets the aim of the authors.\ Audience: The target audience is graduate students in nursing and those preparing for advanced clinical practice roles as mid-level providers. The authors have taught master's level classes in nursing research and are experts in the field.\ Features: This book consists of seven parts. Part 1 introduces the reader to research in the advanced practice role. Parts 2-4 deal with the design and analysis of experimental studies, quasi-experimental studies and observation studies. Measurement and data collection is the focus of part 5 and part 6 deals with populations and sampling. Part 7 covers the remaining concepts of the research process. Features include research scenarios describing problem development, clinical research in action describing reviews of research to illustrate concepts, suggested activities, and review notes dealing with issues/topics covered in previous chapters.\ Assessment: This book will be useful to the advanced practice nurse. It is designed to provide the nurse with higher level skill and competencies in evidence-based practice.\ \ \ 5 Stars! from Doody\ \
