Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice

Nursing Research

Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice

NINETH EDITION

Geri LoBiondo-Wood, PhD, RN, FAAN Professor and Coordinator, PhD in Nursing Program, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Nursing, Houston, Texas

Judith Haber, PhD, RN, FAAN

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The Ursula Springer Leadership Professor in Nursing, New York University, Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York, New York

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Table of Contents

Cover image

Title page

Copyright

About the authors

Contributors

Reviewers

To the faculty

To the student

Acknowledgments I. Overview of Research and Evidence-Based Practice

Introduction

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1. Integrating research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement processes

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2. Research questions, hypotheses, and clinical questions

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3. Gathering and appraising the literature

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4. Theoretical frameworks for research

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II. Processes and Evidence Related to Qualitative Research

Introduction

References

5. Introduction to qualitative research

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6. Qualitative approaches to research

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7. Appraising qualitative research

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Critique of a qualitative research study

References

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III. Processes and Evidence Related to Quantitative Research

Introduction

References

8. Introduction to quantitative research

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9. Experimental and quasi-experimental designs

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10. Nonexperimental designs

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11. Systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines

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12. Sampling

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13. Legal and ethical issues

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14. Data collection methods

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15. Reliability and validity

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16. Data analysis: Descriptive and inferential statistics

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17. Understanding research findings

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18. Appraising quantitative research

Critique of a quantitative research study

Critique of a quantitative research study

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References

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IV. Application of Research: Evidence-Based Practice

Introduction

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19. Strategies and tools for developing an evidence-based practice

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20. Developing an evidence-based practice

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21. Quality improvement

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Example of a randomized clinical trial (Nyamathi et al., 2015) Nursing case management peer coaching and hepatitis A and B vaccine completion among homeless men recently released on parole

Example of a longitudinal/Cohort study (Hawthorne et al., 2016) Parent spirituality grief and mental health at 1 and 3 months after their infant schild s death in an intensive care unit

Example of a qualitative study (van dijk et al., 2015) Postoperative patients perspectives on rating pain: A qualitative study

Example of a correlational study (Turner et al., 2016) Psychological functioning post traumatic growth and coping in parents and siblings of adolescent cancer survivors

Example of a systematic Review/Meta analysis (Al mallah et al., 2015) The impact of nurse led clinics on the mortality and morbidity of patients with cardiovascular diseases

Glossary

Index

Special features

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Copyright

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Notices Knowledge and best practice in this field are constantly changing.

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About the authors

Geri LoBiondo-Wood, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor and Coordinator of the PhD in Nursing Program at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Nursing (UTHSC-Houston) and former Director of Research and Evidence- Based Practice Planning and Development at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. She received her Diploma in Nursing at St. Mary’s Hospital School of Nursing in Rochester, New York; Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Rochester; and a PhD in Nursing Theory and Research from New York University. Dr. LoBiondo-Wood teaches research and evidence-based practice principles to undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students. At MD Anderson Cancer Center, she developed and implemented the Evidence-Based Resource Unit Nurse (EB- RUN) Program. She has extensive national and international experience guiding nurses and other health care professionals in the development and utilization of research. Dr. LoBiondo-Wood is an Editorial Board member of Progress in Transplantation and a reviewer for Nursing Research, Oncology Nursing Forum, and Oncology Nursing. Her research and publications focus on chronic

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illness and oncology nursing. Dr. Wood has received funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholars program for the past several years to fund full-time doctoral students.

Dr. LoBiondo-Wood has been active locally and nationally in many professional organizations, including the Oncology Nursing Society, Southern Nursing Research Society, the Midwest Nursing Research Society, and the North American Transplant Coordinators Organization. She has received local and national awards for teaching and contributions to nursing. In 1997, she received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from New York University, Division of Nursing Alumni Association. In 2001 she was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and in 2007 as a Fellow of the University of Texas Academy of Health Science Education. In 2012 she was appointed as a Distinguished Teaching Professor of the University of Texas System and in 2015 received the John McGovern Outstanding Teacher Award from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Nursing.

Judith Haber, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the Ursula Springer Leadership Professor in Nursing at the Rory Meyers College of Nursing at New York University. She received her undergraduate nursing education at Adelphi University in New York, and she holds a Master’s degree in Adult Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing and a PhD in Nursing Theory and Research from New York University. Dr. Haber is internationally recognized as a clinician and educator in psychiatric–mental health nursing. She was the editor of the award- winning classic textbook, Comprehensive Psychiatric Nursing, published for eight editions and translated into five languages. She has extensive clinical experience in psychiatric nursing, having been an advanced practice psychiatric nurse in private practice for over

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30 years, specializing in treatment of families coping with the psychosocial impact of acute and chronic illness. Her NIH-funded program of research addressed physical and psychosocial adjustment to illness, focusing specifically on women with breast cancer and their partners and,…