Clinical Research for the Doctor of Nursing Practice

Overview

Clinical Research for the Doctor of Nursing Practice is a user-friendly guide that offers DNP students a step-by-step method to implement clinically-based research. Designed specifically for DNP-level research courses, this text introduces a streamlined approach that emphasizes crucial information while eliminating extraneous material. Each chapter addresses specific areas that pertain to the DNP student, such as designing and implementing the Capstone Project, and includes features such as learning enhancement tools, resources for further study, learning objectives, and a glossary. Key chapters on Mixed Methods Research and Survey Research are also included making this text an essential resource for the DNP student.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Importance of Research in the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program
Chapter 2 Developing the Researchable Problem
Chapter 3 Conducting a Literature Review
Chapter 4 Ethics in Clinical Research
Chapter 5 Designing a Clinically-based Quantitative Capstone Research Project
Chapter 6 Designing a Clinically-based Qualitative Capstone Research Project
Chapter 7 Designing a Clinically-based Mixed Methods Capstone Research Project
Chapter 8 Sampling
Chapter 9 Data Collection
Chapter 10 Issues Related to Survey Data Collection
Chapter 11 Data Analysis
Chapter 12 Writing the Research Report for Potential Publication
Appendix Analysis of Clinically Based Research

About the Author(s)

Allison J. Terry, PhD, MSN, RN-Assistant Professor of Nursing, Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama

Dr. Terry has been Assistant Professor of Nursing at Auburn University at Montgomery since 2009. She teaches in the baccalaureate nursing program. She has previously been Director of Alabama’s Center for Nursing as well as the Director of Community Certification for the Alabama Department of Mental Health’s Mental Retardation Division.