A Cross Section of Nursing Research
Journal Articles for Discussion and Evaluation
(Fifth Edition)

 

The 39 research articles in this collection illustrate a wide variety of models for both quantitative and qualitative nursing research.

The lines in each article are sequentially numbered, which facilitates classroom discussions by allowing professors and students to pinpoint specific parts of an article.

The articles have been carefully selected for use with students who are just beginning their study of research methods. The difficulty level will challenge but not overwhelm.

Factual Questions at the end of each article draw students’ attention to methodologically important points.

Questions for Discussion request students’ opinions on unique aspects of each article.

The Instructor’s Answer Key provides the answers to the Factual Questions and gives the line numbers where the answers can be found.

Helps instructors avoid copyright infringement problems. The publisher has paid fees to the copyright holders for permission to include the research articles in this book.

The research articles are classified under these major headings:

  1. nonexperimental quantitative research,
  2. true experimental research,
  3. quasi-experimental research,
  4. pre-experimental research,
  5. program evaluation/process evaluation,
  6. qualitative research,
  7. combined qualitative and quantitative research,
  8. test reliability and validity research, and
  9. meta analysis.

The articles have been drawn from a wide variety of journals such as:

  • Behavior Modification,
  • Cancer Nursing,
  • Computers in Nursing,
  • Computers, Informatics, Nursing,
  • Health Education & Behavior,
  • Issues in Mental Health Nursing,
  • Journal for Nurses in Staff Development,
  • Journal of Community Health Nursing,
  • Journal of Gerontological Nursing,
  • Journal of Nursing Care Quality,
  • Journal of Pediatric Nursing,
  • Journal of Research in Nursing,
  • Journal of the Society of Pediatric Nurses,
  • Nurse Educator,
  • Nursing Research,
  • Psychological Reports,
  • Public Health Nursing,
  • Rehabilitation Nursing,
  • Research in Nursing & Health,
  • The Journal of Nursing Administration,and
  • Western Journal of Nursing Research.
 

A sample of professors' reactions:

"Wow, what a great book! It arrived this morning, and I couldn’t put it down! This will be an outstanding addition to my research course. The articles are highly readable and illustrate numerous concepts in a way I know students will grasp. Thank you for putting this together. It would have taken me countless hours to find such excellent, illustrative articles."
    — Vera Dauffenbach, Bellin College of Nursing

"Love it. Students love it. Very helpful study questions."
    — Jeanine Sequin, Keuka College

"The articles have been selected to represent a broad-based pragmatic approach to nursing research. I believe this edition will be equally well received by undergraduate and graduate nursing students."
    — Barbara C. Woodring, University of Alabama,
         Birmingham

"We've used the First Edition and are very happy with it. Students can see a variety of research types, practice critiquing sections, and choose an article for their final critiquing project."
    — Mary Tanner, College of St. Scholastica

"This book creates wonderful opportunities for class discussions in nursing research, [with] very practical examples of research content."
    — James P. Humphrey, Valdosta State University

"Excellent resource for anyone teaching students how to critique and read research critically. Saves me valuable time in looking/searching for articles form my class."
    — Freda L. Kilburn, Morehead State University

“This is an excellent idea for a book. It will make reviewing articles in class so much easier!”
    — Diana Foley, Mountain Sate University,
         Martinsburg

“This is an excellent book for students to use to explore the various approaches to nursing research.”
    — David Sharp, Cedarville University

“An invaluable accompaniment to my research methods course. I have students read articles that use the research technique as they cover it in the main text. Students appreciate it, too. They give the text high ratings.”
    — Joe Melcher, St. Cloud State University

“An excellent compendium of journal articles from the peer-reviewed literature to assist graduate nursing students to understand the research process and compare research methods.”
    — Thomas E. Stenvig, South Dakota State University,
         Brookings

 

This new book provides real-life examples of nursing research for evaluation.

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