How to Write Your Nursing Dissertation (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Glasper, Alan; Carpenter, Diane

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

how to write your nursing dissertation How to Write Your Nursing Dissertation provides nursing and healthcare students with authoritative information on developing, writing, and presenting an evidence-based practice healthcare dissertation, project or evidence-informed decision-making assignment. Written by experienced healthcare professionals, this comprehensive textbook offers clear and straightforward guidance on sourcing, accessing, and critically appraising evidence, helping students develop their clinical research and writing skills. The authors address the common difficulties encountered throughout the process of writing a dissertation, project or evidence-informed decision-making assignment, and offer expert tips and practical advice for managing time, developing study skills, interpreting statistics, publishing aspects of the work in a journal or at a conference, and more. Now in its second edition, this bestselling guide presents relatable and engaging scenarios to illustrate the setting of standards, explore legal and ethical frameworks, examine auditing and benchmarking, and demonstrate how evidence is applied to real-world problems. Covering the entire dissertation, project or evidence-informed decision-making assignment process from a nursing and healthcare perspective, this innovative textbook: * Helps students develop and appropriately answer a clear dissertation, project or evidence-informed decision-making assignment * Addresses the fundamental aspects of evidence-based practice in an accessible and readable style * Features new and updated content on mini dissertations, final assessments, and evidence-informed decision-making projects that many healthcare institutions now require * Presents up-to-date information that meets the needs of new healthcare roles, such as the Nursing Associate and Healthcare Assistant * Includes access to a companion website containing downloadable information, an unabridged dissertation sample, and links to additional resources How to Write Your Nursing Dissertation is a must-have guide for nursing and healthcare students, trainees, other healthcare students required to complete an evidence-based practice project, and anyone looking to strengthen their critical appraisal and assignment writing skills.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: For Dummies
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119757740
• Artikelnr.: 61289278

Autorenporträt

ALAN GLASPER is Emeritus Professor of Nursing Studies, University of Southampton, UK. He is also the editor-in-chief of the international journal Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing. DIANE CARPENTER is Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors xiii

Foreword xvii

Preface xx

About the companion website xxii

The Scenarios xxiiii

Section 1 Starting your dissertation journey 1

1 Starting the journey of your final-year project 3
Megan Bonner-Janes

What is a final-year project? 3

Why do nurses need to do a research-based project? 5

Undergraduate versus postgraduate projects 6

What are the features of a degree education? 7

Features of a final-year project 8

Planning your final-year project: essential considerations 9

Completing your final-year project and gaining a good classification 11

Don't panic! 13

2 Introduction to writing your evidence-based practice dissertation/project 14
Alan Glasper, and Diane Carpenter

Sample guidelines for students undertaking a nursing associate project, an undergraduate healthcare project/dissertation or a master's degree project 14

Typical learning outcomes for a nursing associate course 2000-word literature review 15

Typical learning outcomes for an undergraduate evidence-based practice dissertation/project 15

Typical learning outcomes for a postgraduate evidence-based practice dissertation/project 16

The dissertation/project/assignment 17

Guidelines for students undertaking a nursing associate evidence-based practice assignment 18

Guidelines for students undertaking an undergraduate evidence-based practice final project 19

Guidelines for students undertaking an undergraduate evidence-based practice dissertation 20

Guidelines for a typical postgraduate evidence-based practice dissertation/project module learning outcomes 22

Conclusion 23

3 Clinical effectiveness and evidence-based practice: background and history 24
Mary O'Toole and Alan Glasper

Introduction 24

Historical aspects of evidence-based practice 25

The contribution of the nursing profession to evidence-based practice 27

How is evidence sourced? 27

Conclusion 29

4 What is evidence-based practice and clinical effectiveness? 31
Andrée le May

Clinical effectiveness 31

Evidence-based practice 35

Making care more effective 38

5 The challenges of delivering practice based on best evidence (in primary, secondary and tertiary settings) 43
Andrée le May

An evidence base for practice 43

Barriers to the use of research evidence in practice 45

Encouraging the use of research evidence in practice 48

Conclusion 53

Section 2 Sourcing and accessing evidence for your dissertation 57

6 Sourcing the best evidence 59
Diane Carpenter and Alan Glasper

Exploring and refining your question 59

Searching for research articles 62

Devising your search strategy 66

Accessing journal literature 69

The Cochrane Library 70

Websites and other resources 74

Support from your library service 75

Conclusion 78

7 What is grey literature and where can it be found? 80
Diane Carpenter and Alan Glasper

What is 'grey literature'? 80

Where can I find grey literature? 81

Important websites 82

What about Google scholar? 82

8 Harvard or Vancouver: getting it right all the time 83
Diane Carpenter and Alan Glasper

Vancouver system 84

Harvard system 85

Use of computer referencing packages 87

Conclusion 88

9 Posing an evidence-based practice question: using the PICO and SPICE models 89
Alan Glasper and Diane