Measurement in Nursing and Health Research

Measurement in Nursing and Health Research
Author: Elizabeth R. Lenz, PhD, RN, FAAN
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2010-04-17
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0826105084

Designated a Doody's Core Title! "This is a valuable resource for readers seeking basic to advanced information on measurement. It should be on the bookshelf of all researchers, and a requirement for graduate nursing students."Score: 100, 5 stars--Doody's Medical Reviews "...this book is a wonderful shelf reference for nurse researcher mentors and investigators who may need to explore content or use content to design, test, select, and evaluate instruments and methods used in measuring nurse concepts and outcomes."--Clinical Nurse Specialist This fourth edition presents everything nurses and health researchers need to know about designing, testing, selecting, and evaluating instruments and methods for measuring in nursing. Thoroughly updated, this fourth edition now contains only the latest, most cutting-edge measurement instruments that have direct applicability for nurses and health researchers in a variety of roles, including students, clinicians, educators, researchers, administrators, and consultants. Using clear and accessible language, the authors explain in detail, and illustrate by example, how to conduct sound measurement practices that have been adequately tested for reliability and validity. This edition is enriched with topics on the leading edge of nursing and health care research, such as measurement in the digital world, biomedical instrumentation, new clinical data collection methods, and methods for measuring quality of care. Key features: Provides new and emerging strategies for testing the validity of specific measures Discusses computer-based testing: the use of Internet research and data collection Investigates methods for measuring physiological variables using biomedical instrumentation Includes information on measurement practices in clinical research, focusing on clinical data collection methods, such as clinimetrics Identifies the challenges of measuring quality of care and how to address them

Measurement in Nursing Research

Measurement in Nursing Research
Author: Carolyn Feher Waltz
Publisher: F. A. Davis Company
Total Pages: 548
Release: 1991
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

A pragmatic account of the process involved in designing, testing, and/or selecting instruments and other devices for measuring nursing variables in a variety of clinical, education, and research settings. More attention is given in this edition (first ed., 1984) to qualitative as well as quantitative approaches to measurement and to nonclassical approaches to measurement. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Measuring Capacity to Care Using Nursing Data

Measuring Capacity to Care Using Nursing Data
Author: Evelyn Hovenga
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2020-03-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0128169788

Measuring Capacity to Care Using Nursing Data presents evidence-based solutions regarding the adoption of safe staffing principles and the optimum use of operational data to enable health service delivery strategies that result in improved patient and organizational outcomes. Readers will learn how to make better use of informatics to collect, share, link and process data collected operationally for the purpose of providing real-time information to decision- makers. The book discusses topics such as dynamic health care environments, health care operational inefficiencies and costly events, how to measure nursing care demand, nursing models of care, data quality and governance, and big data. The content of the book is a valuable source for graduate students in informatics, nurses, nursing managers and several members involved in health care who are interested in learning more about the beneficial use of informatics for improving their services. Presents and discusses evidences from real-world case studies from multiple countries Provides detailed insights of health system complexity in order to improve decision- making Demonstrates the link between nursing data and its use for efficient and effective healthcare service management Discusses several limitations currently experienced and their impact on health service delivery

Measurement and the Measurement of Change

Measurement and the Measurement of Change
Author: Denise F. Polit
Publisher: LWW
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Epidemiologic Methods
ISBN: 9781451194494

Suitable for graduate-level courses on measurement or research methods, this book offers a gentle introduction to and overview of complex measurement content. It provides information for health professionals who develop new instruments, adapt existing ones, select instruments for use in clinical trials or in clinical practice.

Measurement in Nursing and Health Research

Measurement in Nursing and Health Research
Author: Carolyn Feher Waltz
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2005
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0826126367

Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award!. Now in its third edition, this classic text on the how-to's of measurement presents the basic principles and terminology, along with practical information, on how to design and implement measurement instruments in nursing and health care. The book is for nurses in a variety of roles, including student, educator, clinician, researcher, administrator, and consultant. An appendix of data sources and other measurement resources, including internet sites, completes the book.

Individualized Care

Individualized Care
Author: Riitta Suhonen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2018-08-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 331989899X

This contributed book is based on more than 20 years of researches on patient individuality, care and services of the continuously changing healthcare system. It describes how research results can be used to respond to challenges on individuality in healthcare systems. Service users’, patients’ or clients’ point of views on care and health services are urgently needed. This book describes the conceptualisation of the individualized nursing care phenomenon and the process development of the measuring instruments of that phenomenon in different contexts. It describes results from a variety of clinical contexts about individualized nursing care and explains factors associated with the perceptions and delivery of individualized nursing care from different point of views. This book may appeal to clinicians, nurses practitioners and researchers from many fields.

Intervention Research

Intervention Research
Author: Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2012-04-23
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0826109586

2012 First Place AJN Book of the Year Award Winner in Nursing Research! "This is a resource for success and should be a part of any researcher's library."--Doody's Medical Reviews This book is a practical, user-friendly guide for health care researchers across multiple disciplines who are involved in intervention research. It provides all of the essential elements needed for understanding how to design, conduct, analyze, and fund intervention studies that are replicable and can withstand the scrutiny of the Institutional Review Board and peer review. Developed from an annual continuing education workshop on intervention studies conducted by Dr. Melnyk, this text is the most comprehensive body of information available on this topic. Contributors address the design of interventions that are ethically considerate and sensitive to culture, race/ethnicity, and gender, minimizing threats to external and internal validity, measurement, and budgeting. The guide explores such implementation issues as subject recruitment and retention, data management, and specialized settings, cost analysis, and explaining intervention effects. The text also guides readers in writing grant applications that fund , and addresses how to move intervention study findings into the real world. A unique addition to the book is the availability of digital examples of progress reports, final reports, and research grant applications that have received funding from the National Institutes of Health and other relevant organizations. This text is a valuable resource for all health care professionals conducting research and for doctoral students in health care studies. Key Features: Presents the essential tools for designing, conducting, analyzing, and funding intervention studies Designed for use by health care professionals conducting intervention research Provides comprehensive, accessible guidelines for doctoral students across all health care disciplines Instructs readers on writing grant applications that fund Includes digital examples of funded research grants, progress reports, and final reports

Burns and Grove's The Practice of Nursing Research - E-Book

Burns and Grove's The Practice of Nursing Research - E-Book
Author: Jennifer R. Gray
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 738
Release: 2016-08-10
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323377602

- NEW Mixed Methods Research chapter and emphasis covers this increasingly popular approach to research. - NEW! Expanded emphasis on qualitative research provides more balanced coverage of qualitative and quantitative methods, addressing the qualitative research methodologies that are often the starting point of research projects, particularly in magnet hospitals and DNP programs. - ENHANCED emphasis on evidence-based practice addresses this key graduate-level QSEN competency. - UPDATED emphasis on the most currently used research methodologies focuses on the methods used in both quantitative research and qualitative research, as well as outcomes research and mixed methods research. - NEW! Quick-reference summaries are located inside the book's covers, including a table of research methods on the inside front cover and a list of types of research syntheses (with definitions) inside the back cover. - NEW student resources on the Evolve companion website include 400 interactive review questions along with a library of 10 Elsevier research articles. - NEW! Colorful design highlights key information such as tables and research examples

Introduction to Nursing Research

Introduction to Nursing Research
Author: Melinda Blackman
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2011
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1449609988

Nutrition Psychology: Improving Dietary Adherence presents prominent psychological theories that are known to drive human eating behavior, and reveal how these models can be transformed into proactive strategies for adhering to healthy dietary regimens.

Self-Efficacy In Nursing

Self-Efficacy In Nursing
Author: Elizabeth R. Lenz
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2002-04-04
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780826115638

Self efficacy, or the belief that one can self-manage one's own health, is an important goal of health care providers, particularly in chronic illness. This book explores the concept of self efficacy from theory, research, measurement, and practice perspectives. The core of the book is an international collaboration of nurses from the U.S. and the Netherlands who have developed tools for promoting and measuring self efficacy in diabetes management.