An overview of research designs relevant to nursing: Part 1: Quantitative research designs.
This three part series of articles provides a brief overview of relevant research designs in nursing. The first article in the series presents the most frequently used quantitative research designs. Strategies for non-experimental and experimental research designs used to generate and refine nursing knowledge are described. In addition, the importance of quantitative designs and the role they play in developing evidence-based practice are discussed. Nursing care needs to be determined by the results of sound research rather than by clinical preferences or tradition.
Sousa
Valmi D
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College of Health and Human Services, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States of America. vdsousa@uncc.edu
Driessnack
Martha
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Mendes
Isabel Amélia Costa
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D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*