InfoGuides: Nursing: Find Books

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AccessMedicine This link opens in a new window
Provides a spectrum of knowledge in medicine. Offers access to thousands of photos and illustrations, interactive self-assessment, case files, diagnostic tools, a comprehensive search platform, and the ability to download content to a mobile device. Note: Self-assessment and Case Files require users to set up a personal MyAccess login/password.
DynaMed This link opens in a new window
A clinical point-of-care reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other health care professionals to assist with evidence-based bedside diagnosis and treatment.
Springer Nature eBook Collections This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to more than 45,000 titles in the areas of Behavioral Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Business and Management, Chemistry and Materials Science, Computer Science, Earth and Environmental Science, Economics and Finance, Education, Energy, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Mathematics/Statistics, Medicine, Physics and Astronomy, and Professional and Applied Computing. Searchable down to the chapter level, and are integrated with available Springer online journals.

Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy by Judith Garrard
ISBN: 9780763740047
Publication Date: 2006-08-15
This text helps students and practitioners better understand scientific literature by instilling the essential skills (via the matrix method) needed to critically evaluate article findings. The fundamental principles of searching, organizing, reviewing, and synthesizing are covered at the most basic level. Visual examples and a single case study are woven throughout the text. This easy-to-read and practical reference is an invaluable aid to students, researchers, and practitioners.

SAGE Research Methods and Cases Online This link opens in a new window
Provides an overview of research methods (quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods) across the social and behavioral sciences. Includes SAGE book and reference material on research methods, and editorially selected material from SAGE journals. Also includes a searchable collection of case studies of real social research, commissioned and designed to help users understand abstract methodological concepts in practice.

Routledge International Handbook of Advanced Quantitative Methods in Nursing Research
covers: -the domain of nursing science - measurement—classical test theory, IRT, clinimetrics, behavioral observation, biophysical measurement -models for prediction and explanation—SEM, general growth mixture models, hierarchical models, analysis of dynamic systems -intervention research—theory-based interventions, causality, third variables, pilot studies, quasi-experimental design, joint models for longitudinal data and time to event -e-science—DIKW paradigm, big data, data mining, omics, FMRI -special topics—comparative effectiveness and meta-analysis, patient safety, economics research in nursing, mixed methods, global research dissemination
Qualitative Research in Nursing and Healthcare
the book looks at the initial stages, methods of data collection, qualitative approaches and analysis of collected data. It also contains a chapter on writing up and publishing qualitative research.
Clinical Research for the Doctor of Nursing Practice
Third Edition is a must-have text focused on teaching students how to conduct research needed for their capstone project.

Browse the shelves for Nursing books using these call number ranges:

RT1-120 Nursing

RT89-120 Specialties in nursing

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