A text focused on the skills necessary for translating research into evidence. The Third Edition has been condensed to include crucial information and reviews the most contemporary recommendations of the National Institutes of Nursing Research, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, and the Magnet Standards for nursing roles at each level of research use and evidence-based care.

The importance of research as evidence in nursing -- The research process and ways of knowing -- Ethical and legal considerations in research -- Finding problems and writing questions -- The successful literature review -- Selecting an appropriate research design -- The sampling strategy -- Measurement and data collection -- Enhancing the validity of research -- Descriptive research questions and procedures -- Summarizing and reporting descriptive data -- Quantitative questions and procedures -- Analysis and reporting of quantitative data -- Qualitative research questions and procedures -- Analyzing and reporting qualitative results -- Translating research into practice.