Succeeding in Literature Reviews and Research Project Plans for Nursing Students

3. Revised Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4739-6730-4
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 246 mm x 172 mm, Gewicht: 400 g

Reihe: Transforming Nursing Practice Series

This book is a practical and readable guide that will show you how to successfully complete a research project plan or literature review as part of your final year assessment. It guides you through all the necessary stages from start to finish, beginning with preparation and planning, using and critiquing research and finally writing up and completing your project. The authors also explore the crucial challenge of translating evidence into practice and how this can lead to improved decision-making, better practice and improved services.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williamson, G. R.

Williamson, G.R.

Whittaker, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Krankenpflege

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Getting started on your final-year project
Planning and undertaking a literature review or documentary analysis
Planning your research proposal or dissertation
Using and critiquing research methods: interviews and focus groups
Analysing qualitative data
Using and critiquing research research methods: surveys and experimental designs
Analysing quantitative and understanding basic structures
Using and critiquing systematic reviews and meta-analyses
Translating evidence into practice
Writing up your literature review and documentary analysis
Writing your research proposal and dissertation

Über Autor(innen)

Williamson, G.R.
Dr Graham R Williamson is a Lecturer in Adult Nursing at the University of Plymouth. His clinical background is in acute medical nursing. His areas of teaching expertise are in evidence-based practice and research, as well as health policy. His research interests concern supporting students in clinical practice. He is a Core Team Member of the University’s Centre of Excellence in professional Placement Learning.

Whittaker, Andrew
Andrew Whittaker, PhD, is Professor of Social Work Research at London South Bank University, England, where he is head of the Risk Resilience and Expert Decision Making (RRED) research group. His research on risk and decision making has ranged from ethnographic to randomised controlled trial research designs. Andrew recently completed a review of professional decision making for a child death inquiry in Queensland, Australia. He is the Convenor of the Decisions, Assessment and Risk Special Interest Group (DARSIG) of the European Social Work Research Association. DARSIG is the main European network for researchers in the field of assessment, risk and decision making in social work, with more than 80 members in over 20 countries. Andrew is Editor of the Journal of Social Work Practice.