Advancing Nursing Science Through Research

Download or read book Advancing Nursing Science Through Research written by Linda E. Moody and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1990-05 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The major thesis of the two volumes in Advancing Nursing Science Through Research is that the processes of theorizing and research must be linked and formally explicated in order to advance scientific knowledge. They address advanced research methods and modes of inquiry to test or generate theories. As a graduate-level theory text in nursing science or as a quick, accurate brush-up for practitioners, this first volume is the ideal resource. Tightly-edited and highly accessible, it offers an excellent overview of major advances in theory and research. Then, moving from the general to the specific, the volume provides incisive discussions on finding researchable problems and formulating hypotheses, analyzing theory, d