Part 1: Research Overview

Research Vignette: A Program of Research in Transcultural Nursing

Louise Racine

1. The Role of Research in Nursing

2. Theoretical Framework

3. Critical Reading Strategies: Overview of the Research Process

4. Developing Research Questions, Hypotheses, and Clinical Questions

5. Finding and Appraising the Literature

6. Legal and Ethical Issues

Part 2: Qualitative Research

Research Vignette: Creating Qualitatively Derived Knowledge for a Practice Discipline

Sally Thorne

7. Introduction to Qualitative Research

8. Qualitative Approaches to Research

Part 3: Quantitative Research

Research Vignette: Tackling the Prevention of Falls Among Older Adults

Nancy Edwards

9. Introduction to Quantitative Research

10. Experimental and Quasiexperimental Designs

11. Non-experimental Designs

Part 4: Processes Related to Research

Research Vignette: Partnering with parents to reduce newborn pain - evidence and implementation

Marsha Campbell-Yeo

12. Sampling

13. Data Collection Methods

14. Rigour in Research

15. Qualitative Data Analysis

16. Quantitative Data Analysis

17. Presenting the Findings

Part 5: Critiquing Research

Research Vignette: A Program of Research

Joan L. Bottorff

18. Critiquing Qualitative Research

19. Critiquing Quantitative Research

Part 6: Application of Research: Evidence-Informed Practice

Research Vignette: From my Ph.D. to her Post-Doctoral studies: Building a Survivorship Cancer Care Program

Dr. Christine Maheu

20. Developing an Evidence-Informed Practice

Research Vigentte: Social Support Needs of Older Adults

Gloria McInnis Perry

APPENDIX A. A randomized, clinical trial of education or motivational-interviewing based coaching compared to usual care to improve cancer pain management

APPENDIX B. The influence of maternal fetal attachment and health practices on neonatal outcomes in low-income, urban women

APPENDIX C. The experiences of nurse practitioners providing health care to the homeless

APPENDIX D. Couple functioning and post-traumatic stress symptoms in US army couples: The role of resilience

APPENDIX E. Follow-up for improving psychological well being for women after a miscarriage (review)

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