This popular text provides a clear introduction to the principles and processes of nursing research. Parahoo has brought his book up-to-date by including all relevant government initiatives, reworking the text's Research Examples and including new chapters and expanded sections.
'Kader Parahoo's text offers a clear and thorough introduction to the many principles and processes involved in research. Nursing Research: Principles, Process and Issues is excellent and has much to offer practitioners from all clinical disciplines. This work clearly reflects how attitudes and approaches to research have changed since the first edition was published. Most, if not all, researchers will agree that they need one good research methodology text on their shelves, and it is increasingly becoming the case that clinicians also need to have a research text available to them in their evidence-based working lives. This revised edition, like its predecesor, meets the needs of both groups - an achievement that is managed by only a few of the great many research texts available. This book is easy to read for novice researchers and students, and yet is also covers the material in sufficient depth to be of value to seasoned researchers and experienced clinicians. I would recommend this book to all involved in health and social care research - and not only to nurses. Leslie Gelling, Times Higher Education Supplement
Research and Nursing Practice
Knowledge, Science and Research
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research
Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
The Research Process and Ethical Issues
Literature Reviews
Research & Theory
Research Questions and Operational Definitions
Research Designs
Experiments
Samples and Sampling
Questionnaires
Interviews
Observations
Making Sense of Data
Evaluating Research Studies
Utilising Research in Clinical Practice
Evidence Based Practice
KADER PARAHOO is Director of the Institute of Nursing Research at the University of Ulster, Coleraine campus, UK. He has been involved in research for over a decade and has written numerous articles on the subject.