Includes bibliographical references.

Includes web resources.

Research and development in nursing / Kate Gerrish and Ann McMahon -- The research process / Anne Lacey -- Research ethics / Martin Johnson and Tony Long -- Sources of funding and support for research / Senga Bond and Anne Lacey -- User involvement in research / Gordon Grant and Paul Ramcharan -- Asking the right question / Gill Hek -- Finding the evidence / Claire Beecroft, Angie Rees and Andrew Booth -- Critical appraisal of the evidence / Andrew Booth -- Preparing a research proposal / Senga Bond and Kate Gerrish -- Gaining access to the research site / Amanda Hunn -- The quantitative-qualitative continuum / Annie Topping --

Sampling / Sue Procter and Teresa Allan -- Grounded theory / Immy Holloway and Les Todres -- Ethnography / Immy Holloway and Les Todres -- Phenomenological research / Les Todres and Immy Holloway -- Experimental research / Andrea Nelson, Jo Dumville and David Torgerson -- Surveys / Hugh McKenna, Felicity Hasson and Sinead Keeney -- Action research / Julienne Meyer -- Evaluation research / Colin Robson -- Case study research / Charlotte Clarke and Jan Reed -- Systematic reviews and secondary research / Catherine Beverley, Mary Edmunds-Otter and Andrew Booth -- Interviewing / Angela Tod --

Using focus groups / Claire Goodman and Catherine Evans -- Using questionnaires / Tricia Murphy-Black -- Using observation / Hazel Watson and Rosemary Whyte -- Physiological measurement / Mark Johnson and S. José Closs -- Qualitative analysis / Judith Lathlean -- Descriptive analysis of quantitative data / Jenny Freeman and Stephen Walters -- Examining relationships in quantitative data / Jenny Freeman and Stephen Walters -- Communicating and disseminating research / Kate Gerrish and Anne Lacey -- Evidence-based practice / Kate Gerrish -- Implementing evidence-based practice / Steve Campbell, Helen Hancock and Hilary Lloyd -- The future of nursing research / Ann McMahon and Anne Lacey.