Nursing and Midwifery Research , 6th Edition

Key Features

• A focus on digital communication - includes overviews and tips on navigating professional and personal electronic media
• Individual and group activities throughout to encourage skill development, reflection and awareness of self and others
• An extensive suite of scenarios – practise and apply your communication skills using realistic situations and individuals that healthcare professionals encounter in clinical practice

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• Answer guides to Tutorial Triggers
• PowerPoint presentations

• Answer guides to An Unexpected Hurdle
• Answers to Learning Activities
• Research Articles and Questions
• Answer guides to Time to Reflect
• Glossary

New to this Edition

• New co-editor, Caleb Ferguson, from Western Sydney University
• Fully updated Chapter 15 ‘Indigenous Peoples and Research’ offers leading cultural insights into Indigenous approaches to research
• Fully updated Chapter 20 ‘A Research Project Journey: from Conception to Completion’ fully details the process of a mixed methods project, from beginning to dissemination, that explores the topical issue of patients and carers living with bladder cancer
• Updated chapters throughout reflect current nursing and midwifery perspectives to provide you with the latest data and most recent examples of evidence-based practice
• A stronger focus on the role of social media and bibliometrics in conducting and disseminating research outcomes ensures latest best practice guidelines
• Real-world examples of the research process prepare you for common experiences you can expect during your own research journey and the processes that you are likely to encounter
• An eBook included in all print purchases

Table of Contents

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Author Information

By Dean Whitehead, PhD, MSc/MPH, BEd, FCNA (NZ), University of Tasmania, College of Health and Medicine, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia; Caleb Ferguson, PhD, MHlth, BSc (Nursing), RN, FESC, Senior Research Fellow, Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Western Sydney Nursing & Midwifery Research Centre, Western Sydney University & Western Sydney Local Health District, Blacktown, NSW, Australia; Geri LoBiondo-Wood, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Director of PhD Nursing Program, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing, Nursing Systems and Technology, Houston, Texas and Judith Haber, PhD, RN, FAAN, The Ursula Springer Leadership Professor in Nursing, Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, New York