This sixth edition of Foundations of Nursing Research provides an engaging and user frienddly introduction to this important subject area for nurses. The goal of this text is to provide accurate, highly readable chapters that enable students to understand the steps of the nursing research process and encourage students to apply a critical thinking approach to nursing research. This edition provides more coverage of both quantitative and qualitative research and includes extensive references to current nursling research studies, which appear throughout the book.
• The addition of a new chapter, Chapter 19, Nursing Research and Health Care Economics.
• New appendix—On how to effectively critique a research study.
• More references to useful websites that will enhance chapter content.
• New discussion of online surveys.
• Each chapter includes updated end-of-chapter summaries, self-test questions, kt Involved Activities, and reference to several Internet resources.