Books of Medical / Nursing / Research & Theory

A History of Nursing Ideas

By Karen Wolf, Linda Andrist, Patrice Nicholas

In 1898, the first military nurses served in army hospitals in lieu of hospital corpsmen, who lacked training and experience and whose unsanitary practices made them unqualified to care for the sick (Donahue, 1996).

Research Methods for Nurses and the Caring Professions

By Pamela Abbott, Roger Sapsford

Ross , H.L. and Campbell , D.T. ( 1968 ) . " The Connecticut speed crackdown : a study of the effects of legal change ' , in H.L. Ross ( ed . ) Perspectives on the Social Order : Readings in Sociology . New York : McGraw - Hill .

Developing Research in Nursing and Health: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

By Carol Noll Hoskins

The volumes in this popular series provide nurse educators with material to help them plan, conduct, and evaluate their instructional goals and accomplishments. The series addresses a broad spectrum of...

Notes on Nursing: What it Is, and what it is Not

By Florence Nightingale

Notes on Nursing: What it is and What it is Not is a book first published by Florence Nightingale in 1859. A 76-page volume with 3 page appendix published by...

Nursing Research: Methods, Critical Appraisal, and Utilization

By Judith Haber

Designed to help nursing students read, interpret and utilize research in practice, this work contributes to the continued development of improvements in nursing practice. It covers the nurse's role as...

Conceptual Models for Nursing Practice

By Callista Roy, Joan Riehl-Sisca

Conceptual Models for Nursing Practice

By Callista Roy, Joan Riehl-Sisca

Conceptual Models for Nursing Practice

Distance Education in Nursing

By Jeanne Novotny

Distance Education in Nursing

Reading Research: A User-friendly Guide for Nurses and Other Health Professionals

By Barbara Davies, Jo Logan

Reading Research: A User-friendly Guide for Nurses and Other Health Professionals

Nursing Theories: The Base for Professional Nursing Practice

By Julia B. George

Designed as a tool to help nurses apply nursing concepts and theories to actual nursing practice, this book considers the ideas of well-known nursing theorists and relates the work of...

Nursing Research: Principles and Methods

By Denise F. Polit, Bernadette P. Hungler

The Sixth Edition of this classic text maintains its place as the "Gold Standard" of nursing research. Nationally and internationally known, respected and used, the text provides readers with the...

Connections: Nursing Research, Theory, and Practice

By Anne Young, Susan G. Taylor, Kathie McLaughlin Renpenning

This new text brilliantly discusses theory and research, the importance of the connection between the two, and the interlinking cyclical connection between clinical practice, research, and theory. Core chapters review...

Nursing Research: The Application of Qualitative Approaches

By Janice M. Morse, Peggy-Anne Field

This indispensable handbook to qualitative researchthe first of its kindleads you from theory development to research proposals through preparation and methods of research to analysis and reporting data.

Research Essentials: Foundations for Evidence-based Practice

By Susan Leslie Norwood

Research Essentials: Foundations for Evidence-Based Practice by Susan L. Norwood is a fresh NEW nursing research textbook which provides an engaging and user-friendly introduction to this important subject area....

Stress and Coping in Nursing

By Margaret Clarke, Roy D. Bailey

Increasingly, stress as a concept is being used as an explanation of a wide variety of negative phenomena which are experienced by all people, but which include nurses in particular...

Foundations of Nursing Research

By Rose Marie Nieswiadomy

For undergraduate Nursing Research courses (BSN, RN-to-BSN). This best-selling, user-friendly undergraduate text follows the steps of the research process diligently: from problem identification and literature review, to development of hypotheses,...

Hope: An International Human Becoming Perspective

By Rosemarie Rizzo Parse

Based on the findings from international qualitative human science research on the lived experience of hope, conducted in nine industrialized countries. The studies were guided by the human becoming theory...

Statistical Methods for Health Care Research

By Barbara Hazard Munro

The thoroughly revised Fourth Edition of Statistical Methods for Healthcare Research continues the emphasis on reading, analysis, and writing of research results, and includes more content on reliability analysis, path...

Statistics for Health Professionals

By Susan Shott

Assists nursing and health professionals in gaining a basic understanding of statistics. Appropriate for self-study or course use, this pratical text trains the student to become a better consumer of...

Writing and Getting Published: A Primer for Nurses

By Barbara Stevens Barnum

This book, written by one of nursing's most accomplished authors, is a step-by-step guide to developing professional writing skills and navigating the publication process. It includes pointers on structuring one's...