Foundations of nursing research

Development of nursing research

Ethical issues in nursing research

An overview of quantitative research

An overview of qualitative research

Identifying nursing research problems

Review of the literature

Theory and nursing research

Hypotheses and research questions

Quantitative research designs

Qualitative research designs

Populations and samples

Measurement and collection of data

Data-collection methods

Descriptive statistics

Inferential statistics

Presentation and discussion of study findings

Communication and utilization of nursing research

Evidence-based nursing practice

Critique of quantitative research reports.