Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: The importance of research in the doctor of nursing practice degree -- Developing the researchable problem -- Conducting a literature review -- Ethics in clinical research -- Designing a clinically based quantitative Capstone Research Project -- Designing a clinically based qualitative Capstone Research Project -- Designing a clinically based mixed method Capstone Research Project -- Sampling -- Data collection -- Issues related to survey data collection -- Data analysis -- Writing the research report for potential publication -- Reducing 30 day hospital readmission of the heart failure patient -- A community-academic collaboration to impact childhood obesity -- The impact of evidence-based design -- The lived experience of chronic pain in nurse educators --