Practice-Based Clinical Inquiry in Nursing: Looking Beyond Traditional Methods for PhD and DNP Research - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826126995 ISBN 13: 9780826126993

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 2016

Synopsis

Meticulously compiled to serve the specific needs of APRNs and nurse executives engaged in doctoral-level research, this text provides evidence-based and practice-based scholarly methods not traditionally taught in PhD or DNP programs. Building on and expanding traditional nursing research methods, the book focuses on both existing and evolving methods of clinical inquiry, some of which incorporate technology and knowledge from other disciplines. These are approaches that can be translated into clinical practice, providing the nursing profession with unprecedented opportunities for collaboration in improving health and health care systems. Methods include quality improvement, implementation science, logic models, program planning and evaluation, patient-engaged and community participatory research, dissemination research, big data, comparative effectiveness research, and systematic reviews.

Chapters provide clear guidance on why and how to use a particular method, and are consistently organized to enable a comparison and contrast of different approaches in order to select the one that best fits a particular research need. The text highlights the importance of each approach, and discusses why to use a particular method for doctoral nursing work. Chapters describe how to apply the method along with how to interpret findings and disseminate them. The description of each method concludes with examples from the published literature. Practical tips for impact and success in research and program proposals add further to the text's value.

Key Features:

• Presents research methods specifically for doctoral-level evidence-based and practice-based clinical research

• Describes interdisciplinary health care methodologies focused on evidence-based improvement in health care

• Offers practical information on why and how to use each method

• Provides examples of each method from published literature

• Written by experienced academic and practice scholars from across the U.S.

About this title

About the Author

Joan R. Bloch, PhD, CRNP, is Associate Professor of Nursing (tenured), and has secondary appointments as Associate Professor of Nutritional Science and Public Health at Drexel University. In her over 30+ years experience as an educator, she has extensive experience supervising master’s and doctoral level students in the field of women’s health. Since 1981, Dr. Bloch has practiced as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and most currently, practices in a public-funded prenatal clinic. After completing a National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) post-doctoral research fellowship, Dr. Bloch has maintained an active program of perinatal health disparities research. She has served as a Principal Investigator (PI) on 5 funded and 4 unfunded research projects. Dr. Bloch has authored 47 refereed/nonrefereed journal articles, 4 book chapters, and 60 refereed paper and poster presentations. Dr. Bloch has been invited to serve on multiple research-related committees at the university and in professional nursing and public health organizations. This includes the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF), the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), and the Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC).

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0826126995
• ISBN 13: 9780826126993
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 334
• Editor: Bloch PhD CRNP Joan R., Courtney PhD APRN FNP-BC Maureen R., Clark PhD FNP-C Myra L.