Robert Newell & Philip Burnard 
Research for Evidence-Based Practice in Healthcare 

This is an essential, accessible introduction to the
practicalities of research and evidence-based practice aimed at all
pre-registration nursing and healthcare students. It places
research and evidence in the context of clinical practice,
introduces the main methodological approaches in qualitative and
quantitative research, and describes the processes of research
appraisal, dissemination and implementation.

The new edition of Research for Evidence-Based Practice
in Healthcare has been updated to include information for a
broader health care audience. It engages students with the research
and evidence agenda, demonstrates the relevance of research and
evidence to nursing practice, and provides the skills needed to
explore these areas in greater detail.

Special features:

· A
practical guide to research methods and evidence-based practice

· New
edition of a successful student textbook

· Includes
a glossary of common research terms

· Provides
case studies, key points, further reading, and activities
throughout

·
Accompanying website with links to further reading

Tabella dei contenuti

List of Common Research Terms.

SECTION 1 CONTEXTUAL MATERIALS.

1 Introduction to Healthcare Research for Evidence-Based
Practice.

2 The Research Process – Organising Your Research.

3 Choosing Methodological Approaches.

4 Searching the Literature.

5 Ethics of Healthcare Research.

6 Basic Concepts: Sampling, Reliability and Validity.

SECTION 2 QUALITATIVE APPROACHES.

7 Issues in Qualitative Data Collection.

8 Case Studies.

9 Ethnography.

10 Phenomenology.

11 A Pragmatic Approach to Qualitative Data Analysis.

12 Limitations of Qualitative Research.

SECTION 3 QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES.

13 Sampling, Reliability and Validity Issues in Data Collection
and Analysis.

14 Cause and Effect, Hypothesis Testing and Estimation.

15 Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Approaches.

16 The Single Case Experiment.

17 Randomised Controlled Trials.

18 Non-Experimental Approaches.

19 Surveys.

20 The Role of Statistics.

SECTION 4 APPRAISAL, DISSEMINATION AND
IMPLEMENTATION.

21 Evidence-Based Practice and Clinical Effectiveness.

22 Critical Evaluation of Research Reports.

23 Writing a Research Report.

24 Getting Research into Practice.

Appendix 1 Research Log.

Appendix 2 List of Useful Websites (In Order of Citation).

Index.

Additional resource material can be found on the book’s
website at: www.wiley.com/go/newell

Circa l’autore

Robert Newell is Professor of Nursing Research &
Director of Postgraduate Research, University of Bradford.

Philip Burnard is Emeritus Professor of Nursing, Cardiff
University