Encyclopedia of Nursing Research

This book is a comprehensive, authoritative, yet concise guide to current nursing research literature. The fourth edition of the book builds on the prior editions to extend the content to current nursing research. In preparing and in organizing the content, the authors were cognizant of the depth of nursing research in many areas, and the expansion of nursing research globally. Nurses at all levels of preparation and in all clinical specialties will find this an important introduction to the extent of nursing research. The summary entries provide the reader with an important starting point for understanding the key research in a content area. References that are cited are those that are most current. The alphabetical ordering of entries is provided to assist the reader in easily locating a topic. The entries include acculturation, basic research, clinical nursing research, depression in families, eating disorders, factor analysis, grounded theory, health care–associated infections, Institutional Review Board and informed consent, job satisfaction, kangaroo care, Leininger’s theory of culture care diversity and universality, mild cognitive impairment, National Institute of Nursing Research, osteoporosis, palliative care, quality of life, research interviews, SNOMED international, transitional care, vulnerable populations, and workplace violence.