| Ch. 1 | | Connection Between Research and Evidence-Based Practice by Sharon Cannon and Carol Boswell | | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | | Overview of Research by Sharon Cannon and Margaret Robinson | | 33 |
| Ch. 3 | | Ethics and Nursing Research by Jane Sumner | | 55 |
| Ch. 4 | | Problem Statement, Research Question, Hypothesis by Lucy B. Trice and Kathaleen C. Bloom | | 93 |
| Ch. 5 | | Literature Review: Searching and Writing the Evidence by Dorothy Greene Jackson | | 117 |
| Ch. 6 | | Sampling by Kathaleen C. Bloom and Lucy B. Trice | | 145 |
| Ch. 7 | | Quantitative Research Design by Sharon Cannon | | 171 |
| Ch. 8 | | Qualitative Research Methods by Donna Scott Tilley | | 193 |
| Ch. 9 | | Data Collection by Carol Boswell | | 217 |
| Ch. 10 | | Mixed Method Research by JoAnn Long and Carol Boswell | | 249 |
| Ch. 11 | | Reliability, Validity, and Trustworthiness by James Eldridge | | 273 |
| Ch. 12 | | Data Analysis by James Eldridge | | 305 |
| Ch. 13 | | The Research Critique Process by Carol Boswell and Sharon Cannon | | 331 |
| Ch. 14 | | Application of Evidence-Based Nursing Practice with Research by Sharon Cannon and Carol Boswell | | 359 |
| | | Glossary | | 381 |
| | | Index | | 395 |