"My first reaction on receiving this book for review was 'Do we really need another Nursing Research text book?' However on careful reading I am convinced that this is no ordinary volume and I believe that it will become an essential resource for students and practitioners. Indeed I have already used it in teaching undergraduate and post-graduate health care students and have recommended it to many as a comprehensive and useful source of information... In summary this publication is an excellent addition to the resources available to nursing and health care students and practitioners to enable them to understand the difficult and challenging concepts in the design and methods underpinning research." Nurse Education in Practice, July 2009

• Section 1 Approaches to researchThe Nature and Language of Nursing ResearchApproaches to ResearchParticipative Approaches to ResearchFeminist Methodology in Nursing ResearchHistorical ResearchEvaluation ResearchSection 2 The process of researchAsking Research QuestionsAccessing the Nursing Research LiteratureSynthesising Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence within a Systematic ReviewThe Cochrane Collaboration, Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysisEvaluating the LiteratureResearch Governance and Research EthicsThe Research ProposalManaging a Research ProjectSupervising Research StudentsPublishing and Disseminating ResearchSection 3 Research designsSurveys in Nursing Research and PracticeRandomised Controlled TrialsSingle-case ExperimentsAction ResearchGrounded Theory Nursing ResearchPhenomenologyEthnographyThe Delphi TechniqueLongitudinal StudiesTriangulationSection 4 Data collection and analysisInterviewsFocus GroupsQuestionnairesObservationQ Methodology in Nursing ResearchNarrative Research and AnalysisQualitative Data Analysis: Achieving Order out of ChaosDescriptive StatisticsInferential StatisticsInterpretive Phenomenological Analysis