Advanced nursing practitioners who conduct practice-based studies will welcome this innovative text designed specifically to meet their clinical inquiry and research needs. It is the only book to address the complexities of inquiry from a practice /project, rather than research, perspective. The text builds on research concepts learned in the undergraduate and beginning levels of graduate study that, combined with the vast amount of knowledge and experience gained by the APN student, facilitate movement to the next level of understanding how clinical research differs from traditional quantitat.

Being a scholar -- The process of scholarly inquiry -- Action research exemplar : addressing the use of shared medical equipment in a large urban hospital / Mary Jo Bugel and Deneen Scuderi -- Case study research exemplar : a case study of the implementation of an electronic health record in pre-admission units and day surgery centers / Rosario Estrada -- Qualitative descriptive research exemplar : nurses perceptions of bedside reporting / Joan Harvey -- Interventional research exemplar : health promotion in school-aged Hhispanic children through a culturally appropriate nutrition and exercise family-school program / Mercedes Echevarria -- Systematic review exemplar : a systematic review of the effectiveness of three methods of fentynal administration following discharge from acute care / MaryAnne Guilante, Angelito Antonio, Keesha A. Duncan -- Integrative review exemplar : an integrative review as the foundation for development of a medication safety program for undergraduate nursing students / Jackeline Biddle Shuler -- Quality improvement exemplar : a nurse driven protocol to reduce hospital acquired urinary tract infections / Donna Barto -- Program evaluation exemplar : summative evaluation of patient satisfaction strategies in an urban emergency department / Ahmad Singer.