Qualitative Research in Nursing: Advancing the Humanistic Imperative, 5th Edition By Helen J Streubert EdD, RN, ANEF; Dona R Carpenter EdD, RN, CS It approaches nursing education, administration, & practice & gives step-by-step details to instruct students on how to implement each approach. Features include emphasis on ethical considerations and methodological triangulation, instrument development & software usage; critiquing guidelines and questions to ask when evaluating aspects of published research; and & much more...         Dictionary of Nursing Theory and Research, 3rd Edition By Bethel Ann Powers, Thomas R. Knapp Now in an updated third edition, this dictionary provides definitions and discussions of terms that are commonly encountered in the nursing literature. Research, theory, statistical, and epidemiological terms are included. This reference is valuable to scholars at all levels of nursing and is especially useful to researchers. Paperback | 209 pages | ISBN 0-826-11774-0   Basic Steps in Planning Nursing Research, 6th Edition By Marilynn J. Wood, Janet C., Ph.D. Ross-Kerr, Janet C. Kerr A great resource for researchers with higher levels of expertise who need guidance in developing a quality research plan. The text presents the research steps in a logical manner and demonstrates how decisions at each stage directly affect what can be accomplished at the subsequent step. Paperback | 537 pages | ISBN 0-763-73478-0       Nursing Research: Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice, 6th Edition By Geri Lobiondo-Wood, Judith Haber This is a comprehensive but easy-to-understand nursing research textbook that is designed to introduce students to research concepts and methods, as well as teach how to evaluate research and apply scientific evidence to practice. Paperback | 576 pages | ISBN 0-323-02828-4       Understanding Nursing Research, 3rd Edition By Nancy Burns, Susan K. Grove Using clear and concise language, this third edition includes extensively revised content to reflect the most current literature and clinical studies. Practical and comprehensive, it explains each step in the nursing research process and helps students read, summarize, critique, and use findings in clinical practice. Paperback | 512 pages | ISBN 0-721-60011-   Nursing Theorists and Their Work, 6th Edition By Ann Marriner, Ph.D. Tomey, Martha Raile Alligood A classic in the field of nursing theory! This renowned textbook guides the reader through in-depth descriptions and analyses of 31 specific nursing theories - many reviewed and validated by the theorists themselves - in a logical, consistent chapter organization that makes information easy to follow. Paperback | 828 pages | ISBN 0-323-03010-6 Nursing Research: Principles and Methods, 7th Edition By Denise F. Polit, Cheryl Tatano Beck This comprehensive nursing research textbook continues the expansion of coverage on qualitative research, including important issues for specific qualitative traditions such as grounded theory, phenomenology and ethnography. Developing solid evidence for practice will be emphasized throughout the text. Hardcover | 758 pages | ISBN 0-781-73733-8   Instruments for Clinical Healthcare Research, 3rd Edition By Marilyn Frank-Stromborg, Sharon J. Olsen Updated text reviews key issues influencing the design, development, and utilization of clinical research instruments. Will facilitate researching clinical concepts and variables of interest, and enhance the focus on linking clinical variable assessment with routine measurement. Paperback | 700 pages | ISBN 0-763-72252-9    Reading, Understanding and Applying Nursing Research: A Text and Workbook, 2nd Edition By James A. Fain, James A., Ph.D. Fain Textbook/workbook is designed to provide students with an understanding of the research process, the knowledge of what statistical procedures can be used to answer various research questions, and the knowledge of different types of design in nursing  research. Paperback | 416 pages | ISBN 0-803-61112-9   Clinical Research: What It Is and How It Works By Lori A. Nesbitt Pocket-sized text offers a sound foundation in all the fundamentals of clinical research, including ethics, regulatory compliance, industry insights, clinical operations, quality management, and financial management. Discusses such topics as testing treatments in humans, bioethics and human advocacy, data management, and FDA readiness. Paperback | 274 pages | ISBN 0-763-73136-6   Foundations of Nursing Research, 4th Edition By Rose Marie Nieswiadomy A conversational style and comprehensive, step-by-step approach makes Foundations of Nursing Research, Fourth Edition one of the best-selling research texts for nurses. Following the steps of the nursing process, it diligently moves from problem identification & literature review, to development of hypotheses, design formulation, samples & data collection & data analysis.Paperback | 387 pages | ISBN 0130-339911   Handbook of Clinical Nursing Research By Suzanne L. Feetham (Editor), Ada Sue Hinshaw (Editor), Joan L. F. Shaver (Editor) This ambitious and long-awaited volume brings together foremost nursing scholars, researchers, and educators to review and critique the state of research across areas most relevant to clinical practice. The contributorship appears as a veritable "who's who" of nursing research and the contents comprise primary areas in the vanguard of nursing science. Hardcover | 712 pages | ISBN 080395784X   Advanced Design in Nursing Research, 2nd Edition By Pamela J. Brink, Marilynn J. Wood This second edition of the bestselling Advanced Design in Nursing Research has been substantially revised & reorganized. Using the principle that the level of knowledge available on a research topic determines the level of design that can be used to study the topic, the contributors present discussions of research at three levels of design: theoretically based experimental designs; comparative & correlated survey designs; & exploratory-descriptive research designs.Hardcover | 428 pages | ISBN 0803958005 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8   Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice, Eighth Edition By Denise F Polit PhD; Cheryl T Beck DNSc, CNM, FAAN    Thoroughly updated and revised to emphasize the link between research and evidence-based practice, this Eighth Edition of a classic textbook presents state-of-the- art methods for conducting high-quality studies. New chapters offer guidance on developing self-report scales, conducting systematic reviews, and enhancing the integrity of qualitative studies.   Essentials of Nursing Research, 7th Edition By Denise Polit; Cheryl Tatano Beck      Essentials of Nursing Research is designed to teach students how to read, understand, analyze, and evaluate research reports in nursing practice. The Seventh Edition has been updated with stronger coverage of evidence-based practice, including content on how to read, interpret, and critique systematic reviews, which are considered by many to be a cornerstone of evidence-based practice..   Theoretical Nursing: Development and Progress, 4th Edition By Afaf Ibrahim Meleis This definitive text demonstrates the connection between theoretical nursing and nursing practice, and shows how research is related to both. From Nightingale to the present, the author traces the work of major theorists through a description and and analysis of the theory along with a critique and test of the theory. Hardcover | 768 pages | ISBN 0-781-73673-0