Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- Quantitative research designs -- Qualitative research designs -- 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 -- Nursing research and health care economics -- Critique of research reports.