Reading Research - A User-Friendly Guide for Health Professionals

Ideal for both students and health professionals alike, Reading Research: A User-Friendly Guide for Nurses and Health Professionals, 6 th Edition is a practical beginner-level introduction to health sciences research. The text is written in a manner that assumes you have little or no experience with analyzing published research, and provides guidelines for reading and understanding research articles. It also covers important elements of published research, such as research methods, common terminology, data analysis and results. All chapters have been updated. The book also briefly discusses common barriers to the application of research results in practice.

List of contents

1. Introduction
2. Easy Steps for Reading Research
3. Where to Find Interesting Research Results
4. Using Research Results

Appendices

1. Journals that Publish Peer-Reviewed Research
2. Qualitative Research: The Reader's Companion Worksheet
3. Quantitative Research: The Reader's Companion Worksheet
4. Mixed Methods Research: The Reader's Companion Worksheet
5. Systematic Reviews: The Reader's Companion Worksheet
6. Using Research Results: The Reader's Companion Worksheet

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Davies, Barbara (Professor Davies, Barbara Jane Davies, Jo Logan, Jo (Adjunct Professor Logan
• Publisher: Mosby
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781771720731
• ISBN: 978-1-77172-073-1
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 5 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 172 g
• Illustrations: Illustrated
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General