Nursing Research: Reading, Using and Creating Evidence
by Janet Houser
Depth and Detail
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Chapter 1: The Importance of Research as Evidence in Nursing
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Chapter 2: The Research Process and Traditions of Knowing
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Chapter 3: Ethical Issues in Nursing Research
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Chapter 4: Legal Issues in Nursing Research
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Chapter 5: Research Problems, Questions, and Hypotheses
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Chapter 6: The Successful Literature Review
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Chapter 7: Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks
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Chapter 8: Selecting an Appropriate Design
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Chapter 9: The Sampling Strategy
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Chapter 10: Principles of Measurement
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Chapter 11: Data Collection Methods
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