Basic Steps in Planning Nursing Research: From Question to Proposal

This text explores the theory, rationale, and literature behind nursing research, viewing the research proposal as a problem-solving process and focusing on the beginning phase of research, the research plan. It shows how to write a researchable question, develop a research problem, use and critique published research, and write a research proposal. A section of six sample research proposals totals more than 100 pages. Material is written in terms that undergraduate and graduate students in introductory research courses can understand. This fifth edition is rewritten to emphasize the fact that the way researchers think about the research process determines the research process. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)