Research Methods for Nurses and Midwives 2/e

Merryl Harvey qualified as a nurse in 1982. After qualifying as a midwife in 1984, her area of practice was neonatal intensive care. Merryl's clinical career culminated in her working as a clinical teacher and this in turn led her to take up a post at Birmingham City University. Initially this was to run the post-registration neonatal intensive care course. In more recent years Merryl was been seconded to work on a number of large-scale, funded research projects which have focused on aspects of parenting and preterm birth. She secured the Bliss Research Fellow post based at the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (2004-2007). Her MSc explored aspects of the neonatal nurse practitioner role and her PhD explored fathers' experiences of the birth and immediate care of their baby. Merryl has a strong journal publication history and has co-authored a text on fatherhood in relation to midwifery and neonatal practice (2012). Her co-authored text 'Achieving Your Doctorate while Working in Higher Education' is due to be published by Sage in 2021. Merryl became Professor of Nursing and Family Health at Birmingham City University in 2017. Before her retirement in 2019, Merryl was co-lead of the Family Health Research Cluster and co-lead of the Elizabeth Bryan Multiple Births Centre. Lucy Land qualified as a nurse in 1980 and worked in haematology, caring for patients with leukaemia, sickle cell anaemia and other blood disorders. Eventually specialising in haemophilia, Lucy was one of the first clinical nurse specialists, supporting a regional outpatient and home treatment service. Following this successful career in practice, she became a clinical nurse teacher and later qualified as a registered nurse tutor. After moving into Birmingham City University, Lucy continued to teach and to undertake funded research projects which focussed on patient experience and completing several studies on this subject. In addition to a substantial history of journal publications, Lucy was co-author of an earlier Sage publication - Resources for Nursing Research: An Annotated Bibliography. Now retired from her role as professor of nursing, and Director of the Centre for Social Care, Health and Related Research (C-SHaRR) Lucy maintains a keen interest patient care and works in the voluntary sector to promote patient advocacy and inclusion.

Part I: Laying the Foundations Chapter 1: Introduction to Research in Nursing and Midwifery Chapter 2: Evidence-based Practice Chapter 3: The Development of Nursing and Midwifery Knowledge Chapter 4: Quantitative Methodologies: An Overview Chapter 5: Qualitative Methodologies: An Overview Chapter 6: Mixed Methodologies: An Overview Part II: Understanding Research Methods and Designs: The Theory Chapter 7: Randomised Controlled Trials Chapter 8: Qualitative Methods Chapter 9: Surveys, Action Research and Historical Research Chapter 10: Systematic Reviews Chapter 11: Research Design Part III: Using Research Methods and Design: The Practice Chapter 12: The Research Process Chapter 13: Literature Review: Identifying and Sourcing the Literature Chapter 14: Literature Review: Reviewing the Narrative Data Chapter 15: Sampling Chapter 16: Quantitative Methods of Data Collection Chapter 17: Qualitative Methods of Data Collection Chapter 18: Research Governance in Clinical Research: Addressing Ethical Issues Part IV: Data Analysis and Evaluation Chapter 19: Quantitative Data Analysis: Measures of Clinical Effectiveness Chapter 20: Managing and Analysing Qualitative Data Chapter 21: Rigour Chapter 22: Evaluating Research Part V: Research in Action: Dissemination and Application Chapter 23: Writing Up and Disseminating Your Research Chapter 24: Using Research in Clinical Practice Chapter 25: Writing a Professional Research Proposal Chapter 26: Where Do I Go from Here?

Harvey and Land empathetically provide novice nurse researchers with a platform from which they build their understanding of what can be a challenging subject. At the same time, they also give those returning to research a well-structured and thought out refresher, easing them back into the intricacies of the research process. -- Maj. Adam Hughes