Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Contributors xvii
Chapter 1 Connection Between Research
andEvidence-Based Practice . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2 Overview of Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter 3 Overview of Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Chapter 4 Overview of Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Chapter 5 Ethics for Nursing Research

and Evidence-Based Practice . . . . . . . . . 91
Chapter 6 Asking the Right Question . . . . . . . . . . 121
Chapter 7 Literature Review: Searching

and Writing the Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Chapter 8 Quantitative Research Design………171
Chapter 9 Qualitative and Mixed Research
Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Chapter 10 Population Management . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Chapter 11 Data Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Chapter 12 Reliability, Validity,

and Trustworthiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Chapter 13 Data Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Chapter 14 The Research Critique Process
and the Evidence-Based Appraisal
Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

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Chapter 15 Translational Research, Improvement
Science, and Evaluation Research
with Practical Applications . . . . . . . . . . 347
Chapter 16 Application of Evidence-Based
Nursing Practice with Research . . . . . . 365
Glossary 387
Index 397

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