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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Understanding nursing research: building an evidence-based practice</title>
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    <namePart>Burns, Nancy</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>McCabe, Susan.</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Raingruber, Bonnie</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>Saunders/Elsevier</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2007</dateIssued>
    <edition>4th ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
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    <extent>xvi, 586 p. : ill. (colour); 1 CD 3/4 inch</extent>
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  <abstract>This edition has been updated to reflect emphasis on evidence-based practice. Format and features have been carefully refined, enhancing the book's readability and bringing into sharper focus, research examples and techniques.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>Contents: Discovering Nursing Research --  Introduction to the Quantitative Research Process --  Introduction to the Qualitative Research Process --  Research Problems, Purposes, and Hypotheses --  Review of the Literature --  Understanding Theory and Research Frameworks --  Examining Ethics in Nursing Research --  Clarifying Research Designs --  Outcomes Research --  Populations and Samples --  Measurement and Data Collection in Research --  Understanding Statistics in Research --  Critiquing Research for Nursing Practice --  Building an Evidence-Based Practice.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Nancy Burns and Susan K. Grove.</note>
  <note>Includes index and glossary.</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Nursing - Research</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">RT81.5.N176</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9781416026402</identifier>
  <identifier type="isbn">1416026401</identifier>
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