Nagy, Sue, Mills, Jane, Waters, Donna, and Birks, Melanie (2010) Using Research in Healthcare Practice. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Broadway, NSW, Australia.

Preview	Image (JPEG) (Book Cover) - Cover Image Download (5kB)
	PDF (Front Pages) - Supplemental Material Download (274kB)
	PDF (Back Pages) - Supplemental Material Download (583kB)

Abstract

Using research in healthcare practice provides a comprehensive overview of the core topics required for an understanding of both qualitative and quantitative research. The primary focus is on encouraging students to understand the value of seeking out studies when they need to explore practice concerns or dilemmas. Unnecessary detail on 'how to' practice research is avoided, reflecting the level of detail required for undergraduate students to understand and utilize research.

The text's health profession focus recognizes that the work of healthcare practice demands a rich, informed and complex knowledge base that is drawn on and added to by all the professional and consumer groups involved. When the focus shifts from 'discipline' to 'patient', research based understandings are more holistically patient and community centered, the central aim common to all professional healthcare practice.

Key features:

* Provides undergraduate students with a practical guide to evidence-based practice,

* Focuses on the use of research evidence in practice, including strategies for:

- formulating a searchable clinical question

- searching for evidence using electronic databases and following up with manual searches

- critically appraising research reports, literature reviews and summaries of evidence

- developing techniques for the application of evidence to practice.

* Examples of research from Australian, New Zealand and international sources are used to illustrate key points.

Item ID:	11466
Item Type:	Book (Research - A1)
ISBN:	978-1-920994-02-0
Date Deposited:	31 Aug 2010 02:42
FoR Codes:	11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1110 Nursing > 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified @ 100%
SEO Codes:	92 HEALTH > 9202 Health and Support Services > 920210 Nursing @ 100%
Downloads:	Total: 7495 Last 12 Months: 23
	More Statistics