Comprehensive and thorough in scope, The Research Process in Nursing 7th edition provides everything you could want to know about research methods. This established textbook reflects the significant ...advances in nursing research and the importance of evidence-based practice, and provides an invaluable resource for both the novice and the more experienced researcher. It includes practical information and advice on: * How to find and critique the evidence * How to choose the right approach * How to collect data * How to make sense of the data * How to put research into practice Special features: * A clear, explicit and easy to understand text which links theory with practical steps in the research process. * Examples provided allow the reader to apply a variety of research concepts to theoretical learning and professional practice. * Incorporates chapters, research examples, and policy from a range of international countries, including Canada, Australia, USA and Hong Kong. * Provides detailed discussions around each example, which clearly link theory with practice * Easy to read for novice researchers and undergraduate nursing students, but at the same time provides sufficient depth and detail to be of value to experienced researchers and practitioners.
'The perfect text for any health care professional who wishes to gain a sound understanding of research.This text succeeds where others fail in terms of the thoroughness of the research process and ...the accessible style in which the material is presented. In an age when nursing and health care research is going from strength to strength this book offers those in the world of academia and practice an excellent and essential 'bible' that is a must on any bookshelf' Dr Aisha Holloway, Lecturer Adult Health, Division of Nursing, The University of Nottingham 'a book that helps you each step of the way. A very understandable and enjoyable publication' Accident and Emergency Nursing Journal 'key reference resource that students of research can use at various levels of study. It is comprehensive, user friendly and very easy to read and make sense of' Gillian E Lang, Amazon reviewer The sixth edition of this book reflects significant developments in nursing research in recent years, ensuring the reader is provided with the very latest information on research processes and methods. It continues to explore how to undertake research as well as evaluating and using research findings in clinical practice, in a way that is suitable for both novice researchers and those with more experience. Divided into six sections, the chapters are ordered in a logical fashion that also allows the reader to dip in and out. The first two sections of the book provide a comprehensive background to research in nursing. The third section presents a variety of qualitative and quantitative approaches, both new and well-established. The final three sections then look at collecting and making sense of the resulting data and putting the research findings into clinical practice. Summarises key points at the start of each chapter to guide you through Includes contributions from a wide range of experts in the field Accessible but doesn't shrink away from complex debates and technical issues New to this edition: Accompanying website ( www.wiley.com/go/gerrish ) Ten completely new chapters including Narrative Research, Mixed Methods and Using Research in Clinical Practice 'Research Example' boxes from a wide variety of research types
In this paper the authors evaluate the Johnson Behavioural System Model of Nursing by applying the assessment criteria described in an earlier paper. Data for the evaluation were collected by one of ...the authors (W.R.) at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital, and the UCLA School of Nursing, Los Angeles. The major focus of this paper relates to how nurses at the above facilities apply the Johnson Behavioural System Model of Nursing and how that relates to the questions posed in a previous paper which should be asked by clinicians when assessing the relevance of a model to clinical nursing practice: namely, (a) to what extent does the model assist with the identification of the range of human responses to actual or potential health problems? (b) How does the model enable a nursing diagnosis to be made, and what is the basis of that diagnosis? (c) Does the model explain why individuals respond to health problems in the way that they do? (d) Does the model inform clinicians of the nursing interventions required to enable the client to move towards optimum health? (e) Does the model help to provide an understanding of the desired outcome of nursing intervention?
In a recent paper by one of the authors (Cormack 1080) the use of the problem orientated approach to nursing, and a proposed framework for assessing nursing needs, were discussed. Subsequently one of ...the writers (W.R.) utilized the problem orientated approach during the psychiatric nursing experience made available to student nurses undergoing the comprehensive modular training at the Highland College of Nursing and Midwifery, Scotland. This paper presents an evaluation of the problem orientated approach which has now been developing for 2 years. This paper describes the experience of W.R. in using a problem orientated approach to nursing diagnosis and nursing care prescriptions. It is argued that such an approach, combined with patient-centred rather than classroom based nurse education, is essential to enable psychiatric nurse teachers to teach effectively. Such a patient-centred approach is also necessary to clarify the psychiatric nurses' role and to shift the emphasis of psychiatric nurse education away from psychomotor skills to interpersonal skills. While it is recognized that this evaluation does not comply with the scientific criteria of a formal research based project, it is suggested that the experience of the authors and the comments of the many students involved in the exercise accurately reflect the problems encountered and the progress achieved.
Arguably, nursing, like all health care disciplines, is an applied science. Essentially, this refers to the application of theory in order to understand and respond to the health problems of clients. ...These theories may be drawn (borrowed) from any applied science, or generated inductively from clinical nursing practice. Alternatively, nurses may attempt to apply deductive theory (global theoretical frameworks) known as nursing models. In this paper, all theoretical approaches, irrespective of origin, are referred to as models used by nurses. Thirteen criteria by which clinicians, and others, can evaluate the clinical and practical utility of models used by nurses which are expressed in the form of questions are identified and discussed. The criteria are an extension, both in detail and in number, of those developed by Reynolds and Cormack and subsequently applied by those writers to the Johnson Behavioural System Model of Nursing. The value, or otherwise, of individual models, or of models in general, will not be discussed in this paper. However, the authors propose that if the evaluation criteria described here are applied to existing models, serious deficits will be identified in relation to their clinical and practical utility.
Two hundred and fifty-one unsolicited comments, relating in general terms to the research subject, were recorded during the collection of data for the writers current research concerning the role of ...the psychiatric nurse. The paper demonstrates how such 'unofficial' comments may be used to further our understanding of the research process generally and of the research subject in particular. The comments are analysed and used to highlight a number of areas which are of concern to nurses, for example the difficulty which some respondents had with thinking about nursing activity in specific terms, and relating it to individual patients. The role of trade unions in the decision making process preceding, and following, entry to data collection sites is discussed. That lines of communication between the researcher, nurse administrators and trade unions be clarified is one of the recommendations made in this paper. Other recommendations include the proposal that, where possible, research respondents be given an opportunity to make general and specific comment relating to the research in which they are being asked to participate.
A method, route and problems relating to the gaining of access to research data or respondents is discussed. In seeking permission to gather data from patients and staff in Scottish psychiatric ...hospitals, using Flanagan's Critical Incident Technique, a number of problems were encountered, viz. (i) the varying admnistrative levels to which the first formal request for entry had to be made; (ii) the varying routes which had to be followed in order to gain permission, and (iii) the time taken to obtain access to data sources. The problems, their possible consequences, and a number of long and short term recommendations are made. If implemented, these may go some way toward minimizing the difficulties associated with gaining access to data sources. The long term recommendations, including improved nurse representation on existing research and ethical committees, are directed to those who shape and influence policies relating to research practice generally. The short term recommendations are directed to the nurse researcher who is seeking access to field sites, with a view to minimizing problems relating to this aspect of planning and carrying out research activity.
