Nursing Research Methods (Fundamentals of Applied Research)

Book info: Nursing Research Methods (Fundamentals of Applied Research) (Hardcover, 1288 pages) – SAGE Publications Ltd, 2009. Language: English.

Nursing research is a diverse discipline which draws on methods and methodologies from across the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences. Few if any of the approaches to research used within nursing are unique; however, their application within the complex milieu of nursing care has frequently raised distinctive challenges and generated novel applications. Nursing Research Methods brings together seminal sources that illustrate both the origins and the state of the art of research in nursing. The editors draw on methodological sources from outside the discipline that are influential and have shaped nursing research as well as discussions and debates about the application of particular methods within the field.

The work is organized around a selection of seminal studies which have been selected based on their significance and ability to represent the broad scope of the discipline. The studies cover key methods for nursing research and represent some of the diversity of the research topics that constitute the discipline. Because of the wide international audience, the editors take a broad view of the ′family′ of nursing to include health visiting, public health nursing, and midwifery and nurse midwifery.

Editorial Reviews About the Author Peter Griffiths is director of England′s National Nursing Research Unit at King′s College London. He has published widely and is the author of more than 70 papers in peer reviewed and professional journals, several book chapters, two short monographs for the King′s Fund and co-editor the book Learning Disability and Intellectual Impairment: meeting needs through out the service published in 2008. He is executive editor of the International Journal of Nursing Studies and an associate editor of the journal Evidence Based Nursing. His research has primarily been concerned with professional role substitution and development focusing on nursing-led services and advanced and specialist practice roles in chronic disease management and intermediate care.

Jackie Bridges is a senior research fellow at London′s City University. Jackie is also a registered nurse and health visitor with a background of clinical practice, health services research and organisational and practice development and education. She is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Older People Nursing and has published widely. Her current research interests include acute health care for older people, organisational and practice change, public sector policy and management, action research and qualitative inquiry. She has an emerging international reputation in the field of action research and narrative research.