Description
Advanced Nursing Research: From Theory to Practice, Third Edition is the ideal graduate-level text for learning how to conduct nursing research, from development of an idea to the completion of the study. It focuses on the conduct of research with an emphasis on the connection to evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and the use of aggregate data. Despite its wide scope, this text is concise with little repetition. The outstanding feature is its reality-based approach to the actual conduct of research. Difficult, complex topics are addressed in a readable manner while the author uses her own experience and stories about conducting a wide range of research studies to engage students. Advanced Nursing Research: From Theory to Practice, Third Edition reflects modern practice and current thinking about research and integrates qualitative and quantitative methods, including emerging mixed methods.
About the Author
Dr. Ruth Tappen is the Christine E. Lynn Eminent Scholar in Nursing at Florida Atlantic University. She has a doctorate in nursing education from Teachers College, Columbia University in New York and completed a postdoc in measurement at the College of Nursing, University of Arizona in Tucson.Dr. Tappen is an active researcher who has had continuous funding for research and educational projects for over 30 years. She has authored several books and published over 50 articles. She has served as a reviewer on a number of NIH panels including CBPR, SBIR and Research Ethics. She also served as acting Vice President for Research at Florida Atlantic University and was the founder of a thriving nurse-practitioner-based memory disorder center on Boca Raton campus which provided an opportunity to put research findings into practice. Her specialty area is gerontological nursing with an emphasis on transitional care, cognitive disorders, measurement and cross-cultural issues.
Book Information
ISBN 9781284231755
Author Ruth M. Tappen
Format Paperback
Page Count 450
Imprint Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
Publisher Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
Weight(grams) 964g
About the Author
Dr. Ruth Tappen is the Christine E. Lynn Eminent Scholar in Nursing at Florida Atlantic University. She has a doctorate in nursing education from Teachers College, Columbia University in New York and completed a postdoc in measurement at the College of Nursing, University of Arizona in Tucson.Dr. Tappen is an active researcher who has had continuous funding for research and educational projects for over 30 years. She has authored several books and published over 50 articles. She has served as a reviewer on a number of NIH panels including CBPR, SBIR and Research Ethics. She also served as acting Vice President for Research at Florida Atlantic University and was the founder of a thriving nurse-practitioner-based memory disorder center on Boca Raton campus which provided an opportunity to put research findings into practice. Her specialty area is gerontological nursing with an emphasis on transitional care, cognitive disorders, measurement and cross-cultural issues.
Book Information
ISBN 9781284231755
Author Ruth M. Tappen
Format Paperback
Page Count 450
Imprint Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
Publisher Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
Weight(grams) 964g
