Exemplary Research in Nursing

This Reader reproduces fifteen classic and influential accounts of nursing research selected by a panel of senior nurse researchers and teachers. It provides accompanying commentary explaining why the research is good, how it relates to the research tradition and the influence and impact of the piece of research. Introductory and concluding chapters review the literature on the evaluation of research and the position of nursing research in relation to that conducted in medicine generally. Exemplary Research for Nursing and Midwifery is an invaluable reference for any nurse of midwife embarking on the research process. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Foreword......Page 10 Preface......Page 12 Acknowledgements......Page 17 Research classics......Page 18 The proper study of the nurse......Page 20 The unpopular patient......Page 40 Information: a prescription against pain......Page 59 An investigation of geriatric nursing problems......Page 86 Pressure sores......Page 117 A case study of the functioning of social systems as a defence against anxiety......Page 128 Conceptualising practice......Page 160 Uncovering the knowledge embedded in clinical nursing practice......Page 162 (Re)writing ethnography: the unsettling questions for nursing research raised by post-structural approaches to 'the field'......Page 170 Knowing the body and embodiment: methodologies, discourses and nursing......Page 183 Feminism, relativism and the philosophy of science: an overview......Page 205 Doing occupational demarcation: the boundary work of nurse managers in a district general hospital......Page 222 Towards a more holistic conceptualisation of caring......Page 248 Clinical effectiveness......Page 276 Controlled trial of psychiatric nurse therapists in primary care......Page 278 A randomised clinical trial of early hospital discharge and home follow-up of very-low-birth-weight infants......Page 289 Comprehensive discharge planning and home follow-up of hospitalised elders......Page 301 An evaluation of health visitors' visits to elderly women......Page 320 West Berkshire perineal management trial......Page 336 Lower Medicare mortality among a set of hospitals known for good nursing care......Page 347 Research for whom? The politics of research dissemination and application......Page 369 Index......Page 390

this Reader Reproduces Fifteen Classic And Influential Accounts Of Nursing Research Selected By A Panel Of Senior Nurse Researchers And Teachers. It Provides Accompanying Commentary Explaining Why The Research Is Good, How It Relates To The Research Tradition And The Influence And Impact Of The Piece Of Research.
introductory And Concluding Chapters Review The Literature On The Evaluation Of Research And The Position Of Nursing Research In Relation To That Conducted In Medicine Generally. exemplary Research For Nursing And Midwifery Is An Invaluable Reference For Any Nurse Of Midwife Embarking On The Research Process.

This reader reproduces fifteen classic and influential accounts of nursing research selected by a panel of senior nurse researchers and teachers. It provides accompanying commentary explaining why the research is good, how it relates to the research tradition, and the influence and impact of the piece of research. Introductory and concluding chapters review the literature on the evaluation of research and the position of nursing research in relation to that conducted in medicine generally. "Exemplary Nursing Research" provides an invaluable "vade" "mecum" for any nurse embarking on the research process Includes nineteen classic and influential accounts of nursing research selected by a panel of senior nurse researchers and teacher accompanied by editorial commentary by Rafferty and Traynor.