Part 1: Foundations of Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice -- 1. Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment -- 2. Translating Research Evidence into Nursing Practice: Evidence-Based Nursing -- 3. Generating Evidence: Key Concepts and Steps in Qualitative and Quantitative Research -- Part 2: Conceptualizing a Study to Generate Evidence for Nursing -- 4. Conceptualizing Research Problems, Research Questions, and Hypotheses -- 5. Finding and Critiquing Evidence: Research Literature Reviews -- 6. Developing a Theoretical or Conceptual Context -- 7. Generating Research Evidence Ethically -- Part 3: Designing a Study to Generate Evidence for Nursing -- 8. Planning a Nursing Study -- 9. Developing an Approach for a Qualitative Study -- 10. Designing Quantitative Studies -- 11. Enhancing Rigor in Quantitative Research -- 12. Undertaking Research for Specific Purposes -- 13. Developing a Sampling Plan

Part 4: Collecting Research Data -- 14. Designing and Implementing a Data Collection Plan -- 15. Collecting Unstructured Data -- 16. Collecting Structured Data -- 17. Assessing Measurement Quality in Quantitative Studies -- 18. Developing and Testing Self-Report Scales -- Part 5: Analyzing and Interpreting Research Data -- 19. Analyzing Qualitative Data -- 20. Enhancing Quality and Integrity in Qualitative Research -- 21. Describing Data Through Statistics -- 22. Using Inferential Statistics to Test Hypotheses -- 23. Using Multivariate Statistics to Analyze Complex Relationships -- 24. Designing a Qualitative Analysis Strategy: From Data Collection to Interpretation -- Part 6: Building an Evidence Base for Nursing Practice -- 25. Integrating Research Evidence: Meta-Analysis and Metasynthesis -- 26. Disseminating Evidence: Reporting Research Findings -- 27. Writing Proposals to Generate Evidence