Now in it′s fourth edition and thoroughly updated to ensure all content is mapped to the new 2018 NMC standards, this book is a practical and readable guide to undertaking a research project plan or a literature review for final year assessment. The book guides readers from start to finish, beginning with choosing a nursing topic and developing questions about it, then accessing and critically reviewing research literature, considering ethical issues, proposing research where applicable, and finally, writing up and completing the literature review or research proposal. The authors also explore how to translate evidence into practice and how this can improve day to day decision-making, as well as feeding into assessments.
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Section 1: Getting Started
Chapter 1: Getting started on your final-year project
Section 2: Planning and preparing for your final year project
Chapter 2: Planning and undertaking a literature review
Chapter 3: Planning your research proposal or dissertation
Section 3: Using and critiquing research for your final-year project
Chapter 4: Using and critiquing research methods: interviews and focus groups
Chapter 5: Analysing qualitative data
Chapter 6: Using and critiquing research methods: surveys and experimental designs
Chapter 7: Analysing quantitative data and understanding basic statistics
Chapter 8: Using and critiquing systematic reviews and meta-analyses
Chapter 9: Translating evidence into practice
Section 4: Writing and finishing
Chapter 10: Writing up your literature review
Chapter 11: Writing your research proposal and dissertation
关于作者
Andrew Whittaker, Ph D, is Professor of Social Work Research at London South Bank University, England, where he is head of the Risk Resilience and Expert Decision Making (RRED) research group. His research on risk and decision making has ranged from ethnographic to randomised controlled trial research designs. Andrew recently completed a review of professional decision making for a child death inquiry in Queensland, Australia. He is the Convenor of the Decisions, Assessment and Risk Special Interest Group (DARSIG) of the European Social Work Research Association. DARSIG is the main European network for researchers in the field of assessment, risk and decision making in social work, with more than 80 members in over 20 countries. Andrew is Editor of the Journal of Social Work Practice.
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