Practice-Based Clinical Inquiry in Nursing: Looking Beyond Traditional Methods for PhD and DNP Research

Meticulously compiled to serve the specific needs of APRNs and nurse executives engaged in doctoral-level research, this text provides evidence-based and practice-based scholarly methods not traditionally taught in PhD or DNP programs. Building on and expanding traditional nursing research methods, the bookfocuses on both existing and evolving methods of clinical inquiry, some of which incorporate technology and knowledge from other disciplines. These areapproaches that can be translated into clinical practice, providing the nursing profession with unprecedented opportunities for collaboration in improvinghealth and health care systems. Methods include quality improvement, implementation science, logic models, program planning and evaluation, patient-engaged and community participatory research, dissemination research, big data, comparative effectiveness research, secondary analysis, and systematic reviews. Chapters provide clear guidance on why and how to use a particular method, and are consistently organized to enable a comparison and contrast of different approaches in order to select the one that best fits a particular research need. The text highlights the importance of each approach, and discusses why touse a particular method for doctoral nursing work. Chapters describe how to apply the method along with how to interpret findings and disseminate them. Thedescription of each method concludes with examples from the published literature. Practical tips for impact and success in research and program proposals increase the text value. Key Features: Presents research methods specifically for doctoral-level evidence-based and practice-based clinical research Describes interdisciplinary health care methodologies focused on evidence-based improvement in health care Offers practical information on benefits and use of each method Provides examples of each method from published literature Written by experienced academic and practice scholars from across the United States

Table of Contents:
CONTENTS Contributors Preface Acknowledgments PART I: EXISTING PRACTICE-BASED METHODS FOR CLINICAL INQUIRY 1. Health Program Planning and Evaluation: What Nurse Scholars Need to Know L. Michele Issel Objectives The Public Health Pyramid and Health Programs Rationale for Utilizing Program Planning and Evaluation Approaches Methods for Program Planning and Evaluation Interpretation and Presentation of Scholarship Pertaining to Program Planning and Evaluation 2. Patient-Engaged and Community-Based Participatory Research Bonnie Jerome-D’Emilia and Kathleen J. Jackson Objectives Purpose of PAR Description of PAR Importance of PEPR and CBPR Methods of Creating PEPR and CBPR The Interpretation and Presentation of PEPR and CBPR Considerations: Challenges and Ethical Issues in PEPR and CBPR Examples of Published PEPR and CBPR 3. Systematic Reviews Susan Weber Buchholz, Denise M. Linton, Maureen R. Courtney, and Michael E. Schoeny Objectives The Importance of Systematic Reviews Three Important Reasons for Systematic Reviews Conducting a Systematic Review Interpretation and Presentation of Systematic Reviews Appraisal of Systematic Reviews Appendix 3.1 Systematic Review Resources Appendix 3.2 Examples of Systematic Review Abstracts From the Published Literature 4. Quality Improvement Research Catherine Johnson, Mary Ellen Smith Glasgow, and Mary Elizabeth “Betsy” Guimond Objectives The Importance of Quality Improvement Reasons Why Nurse Scholars Should Use Quality Improvement Research Approaches Methods for Quality Improvement Research Models for Quality Improvement Developed in Health Care PhD/DNP Model of Collaboration for Quality Improvement in Health Care PART II: EVOLVING PRACTICE-BASED RESEARCH METHODS 5. Big Data in Nursing Research Patricia Abbott and Boqin Xie Objectives Defining Big Data and Analytics Big Data in Nursing Inquiry Methods, Tools, and Processes Used With Big Data With Relevance to Nursing Examples From the Published Literature 6. Comparative Effectiveness Research Georgia L. Narsavage Objectives Description of CER Reasons for Using CER Methods of Creating CER Interpretation of CER The Presentation of CER Appendix 6.1 Comparative Effectiveness Resources Appendix 6.2 Examples of CER Abstracts From the Published Literature 7. Dissemination Research Jane T. Garvin, Amber B. McCall, and Devita T. Stallings Objectives Defining Dissemination Research Importance of Dissemination Research Methods of Creating Dissemination Research Analysis of Data Related to Dissemination Research Interpretation and Presentation of Dissemination Research Examples of Published Dissemination Research 8. Implementation Research Joan R. Bloch, Myra L. Clark, and Judy Faust Objectives Why Nurse Scholars Should Use Implementation Science in Research and Practice How to Use Implementation Science The Interpretation and Presentation of Implementation Research PART III: A TOOLBOX FOR GREATER IMPACT AND SUCCESS 9. Using Geographic Information Systems in Clinical and Population Health Research Joan R. Bloch and Sarah Cordivano Objectives Geographic Information Systems Reasons Why GIS Is Important for Practice-Based Clinical Inquiry How to Use GIS in Nursing Clinical Inquiry Research Examples of Published Literature 10. A Statistical Toolbox: Tips for Engaging in Clinical Inquiry to Improve Health and Health Care Louis Fogg, Beth A. Staffileno, and Marcia Murphy Objectives The Statistical Toolbox Working With Statisticians: What Nurse Scholars Need to Know Conclusion With Words of Wisdom From the Statistician Himself 11. Logic Models Shirlee M. Drayton-Brooks, Paula Gray, and Maria Elayne DeSimone Objectives Logic Model Defined The Importance of Logic Models Reasons for Using Logic Models Methods of Creating Logic Models Presentation of Theory-Driven Logic Models Index

About the Author :
Joan R. Bloch, PhD, CRNP, is associate professor of nursing, and has held secondary appointments as associate professor of Nutritional Science and Public Health at Drexel University. Maureen R. Courtney, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, is associate professor, University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing and Health Innovation. Myra L. Clark, PhD, RN, FNP-C, is associate professor, the FNP program, The University of North Georgia. She is the director of research for the College of Health Sciences and Professions at The University of North Georgia.