Essentials of Nursing Research & Biostatistics, 1e (True PDF)

Nursing research has tremendous influence on current and future professional nursing practice. Indian Nursing Council being a statutory body encourages nursing research and evidence-based practice in different set-up. The book “Essentials of Nursing Research and Biostatistics” has been developed to supplement knowledge on research, make the students clear about research concepts and provide a solid understanding on research methodology. The book “Essentials of Nursing Research and Biostatistics” includes all aspects of nursing research and has been written in simple language with suitable examples. This textbook is designed to provide in-depth coverage of all aspects of nursing research with avoidance of unnecessary vague thing which confuses the students. Several topics that rarely dealt with existing nursing research books like different types of qualitative researches, application of theories in nursing research, application of biostatistics in nursing research in detail and newer methods and tools for data collection are also covered in this book. This book has also a separate chapter on research critique which helps the researcher to evaluate quantitative and qualitative research studies. For nursing students, this book can form a basis for identifying research problem, planning and implementing a research plan, enabling the students to evaluate research studies and utilize research findings to improve quality of nursing practice. It is expected that the information presented in this textbook will be interesting and useful for the readers.