Nursing and Midwifery Research , 3rd Edition

Description

A new edition of this unique nursing E-book helps Australian and New Zealand student nurses and midwives understand, apply and conduct research then publish their findings.

Nursing and Midwifery Research: Methods and appraisal for evidence-based practice E-book is the only local nursing and midwifery research text to span undergraduate and postgraduate research requirements.

Now in its fourth edition, the textbook continues to help nursing and midwifery students understand research data and processes, apply research findings in practice, conduct their own research and publish their findings.

Each edition of this highly regarded text has delivered an ever-stronger wealth of research examples within the context of Australia and New Zealand. This fourth edition E-book is the most impressive yet, providing a solid research process-driven approach, with comprehensive coverage of research methodologies.

Nursing and Midwifery Research: Methods and appraisal for evidence-based practice, 4e E-book has been significantly updated. It focuses on developing students’ skills and confidence in critically searching for and appraising research literature and, importantly, using their research findings to inform their patient and client care.

Student learning tools include tutorial trigger boxes, evidence-based practice tips and multiple choice questions, and Elsevier’s Evolve platform offers a range of online content to enhance the E-book’s content.

Key Features

• Combined Australian and New Zealand editorship ensures greater trans-Tasman coverage, awareness and relevance.
• Contributions from international luminaries are balanced by a heightened focus on research conducted within Australia and New Zealand.
• New edition conscientiously recognises midwifery research as related to but independent from nursing.
• The research process-driven approach is directed towards ‘consumers' of research, and the comprehensive coverage extends from undergraduate through to a postgraduate level of knowledge.
• Expanded pedagogy includes Key Terms and Learning Outcomes at the beginning of each chapter; Icons throughout that direct readers to web-based material; Evidence-based Tips, Research in Brief boxes and Points to Ponder for constant reinforcement that links evidence to practice.
• Integrated Tutorial Triggers with suggested answers provided and Multiple Choice Questions enable students to assess their understanding of key points.
• Evolve Website provides True/False questions and access to journal articles cited in the text, with additional reflective questions.

Readership

Undergraduate through to postgraduate nursing and midwifery students

Table of Contents

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Author Information

By Zevia Schneider, RN, RM, PhD, MEd, MAppSc, BEd, BA, FRCNA, Consultant; Formerly Associate Professor of Research, Faculty of Nursing, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Dean Whitehead, MSc(Hlth Ed), BEd, PGDip(Hlth), PGCert(Hlth Ed), RN, PhD candidate, Senior Lecturer, School of Health Sciences-Nursing, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand; Doug Elliott, RN, PhD, MAppSc(Nursing), BAppSc(Nursing), IC Cert, Professor of Nursing, Director of Research, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Geri LoBiondo-Wood, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing, Houston, TX; and Judith Haber, PhD, APRN, CS, FAAN, Director, Master's Program, New York University, New York, NY