Using Research in Nursing: A Workbook for Practitioners

If you think that research is difficult and remote from everyday practice then try this book as an antidote. Using Research in Nursing covers 20 key topics at the heart of the research agenda in today's NHS. Based on the author's innovative Using Research in Primary Care: a workbook for health professionals this book has been specially adapted to be entirely relevant to nurses and other professionals allied to nursing addressing clinical effectiveness and clinical governance within the NHS. Icons throughout the book guide you towards these relevant online resources which include documents useful links and downloadable templates. At the end of each chapter there are questions to think about practical activities and key points to consolidate the information covered. The book describes detailed and comprehensive methods for quantitative and qualitative research and data analysis and is useful and practical reading for nurses and nurse managers midwives and therapists throughout primary and secondary care.