A Cross Section of Nursing Research: Journal Articles for Discussion and Evaluation

- The 39 research articles in this collection illustrate a wide variety of models for both quantitative and qualitative nursing research.

-The lines in each article are sequentially numbered, which facilitates classroom discussions by allowing professors and students to pinpoint specific parts of an article.

-The articles have been carefully selected for use with students who are just beginning their study of research methods. The difficulty level will challenge but not overwhelm.

-Factual Questions at the end of each article draw students' attention to methodologically important points.

-Questions for Discussion request students' opinions on unique aspects of each article.

-Helps instructors avoid copyright infringement problems. The publisher has paid fees to the copyright holders for permission to include the research articles in this book.

- New to this edition: A copy of our Bonus Articles for A Cross Section of Nursing Research booklet is included free of charge.

-The research articles are classified under these major headings: -nonexperimental quantitative research

-true experimental research

-quasi-experimental research

-pre-experimental research

-qualitative research

-combined qualitative and quantitative research

-test reliability and validity research

-meta analysis.

The articles have been drawn from a wide variety of journals such as: -Behavior Modification

-Cancer Nursing

-Computers in Nursing

-Computers, Informatics, Nursing

-Health Education & Behavior

-Issues in Mental Health Nursing

-Journal for Nurses in Staff Development

-Journal of Community Health Nursing

-Journal of Gerontological Nursing

-Journal of Nursing Care Quality

-Journal of Pediatric Nursing

-Journal of Research in Nursing

-Journal of the Society of Pediatric Nurses

-Nurse Educator

-Nursing Research

-Psychological Reports

-Public Health Nursing

-Rehabilitation Nursing

-Research in Nursing & Health

-The Journal of Nursing Administration

-Western Journal of Nursing Research