Study Guide for Nursing Research: Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $27.95
Manufacturer: Mosby
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Description
This essential study guide is completely updated to reflect the evidence-based focus and fresh content of the 7th edition of Nursing Research. It provides chapter-by-chapter review and a variety of innovative learning activities to help you strengthen your critical appraisal and research application skills.
- Introduction and Learning Outcomes help you focus on key content.
- Content Mastery Activities such as fill-in-the-blank, matching, and multiple-choice questions, word scramble exercises, crossword puzzles, and critical thinking activities help you apply essential concepts.
- Critique Activities refer to research studies from the textbook and challenge you to critique various aspects of the research.
- Web-Based Activities direct you to online sources of information to practice appraising research found on the Internet.
- Evidence-Based Practice Activities at the end of each chapter reinforce the importance of using research evidence in clinical practice.
- An Answer Key at the back of the study guide allows you to check your answers for immediate performance feedback.
Reviews
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-25
Summary: "NUrsing Research Book"
The book came on time and it was in the condition that was stated. Very satisfied with my order.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-06-27
Summary: "easy to use"
This book is a pleasure to use, arrived in a timely fashion, in great condition-THANKS!!
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-03-03
Summary: "reliable seller"
since i am in a fast track learning system and receive info on new requested book quite often with little time till the beginning of a new class: this is the seller to buy from -fast and reliable without any glitches and problems, book arrived on time in a described condition!
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-02-03
Summary: "This book works well."
I saw several "bad" reviews about this book - how difficult it was to decipher, how wordy, etc. - I was slightly depressed that it was the text selected by my professor. . . then I used it for a speeded-up intersession course and I found those concerns to be non-existent. The book is logically set up, the index is a dream and the definitions are simply-written and amply exampled; I really actually enjoyed reading the studies used as illustrations throughout the book and collected at the end. I never saw any of the "problems" that the other reviewers saw. I found the book to be great. The authors have a new edition out and I haven't used that, but if I were going to recommend textbooks to beginners in EBP - I would certainly mention editions by these authors.
Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2009-09-18
Summary: "Very difficult to read..."
I am currently taking a Research in Nursing course using the fifth edition of this book. I have had over seventeen years experience at reading technical papers and research and never have I had such a hard time reading anything. The author writes using a lot of technical terminology combined with a very high level of writing (i.e. big words) without prior definition of the terminology and poor hierarchical organization of information.
Here is an example, "Midrange theory is a focused conceptual structure that synthesizes practice-research into ideas central to the discipline."
Why not just say, "A simple way to define midrange theory is to consider them as theories that are not as difficult to apply to real life as grand theories, but not as hypothetical as the day to day hypothesis of every day nursing practice."
The charts and illustrations are not much better and do little to summarize the main points of what is written.