Expand your subject knowledge with these further reading suggestions from Parts 1 and 2 of Research Methods in Nursing and Midwifery 2nd edition.

PART 1 – Getting Started in Research

Chapter 1 –The Importance of Research in Nursing and Midwifery

Chang, E. & Daly, J. (eds) (2007). Transitions in Nursing: Preparing for Professional Practice. Sydney: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone.

Greenwood, J. (2000). Nursing Theory in Australia: Development and Application. Sydney: Pearson Education.

 

Chapter 2 – Evidence-based Practice for Nurses and Midwives

Beyea, S. C. & Slattery, M. J. (2013). Historical perspectives on evidence-based nursing. Nursing Science Quarterly 26(2), 152–5.

Barker, A. L., Kamar, J., Tyndall, T. J., White, L., Hutchinson, A., Klopfer, N. & Weller, C. (2013). Implementation of pressure ulcer prevention best practice recommendations in acute care: An observational study. International Wound Journal  10(3), 313–20.

Centrella-Nigro, A. M. & Flynn, D. (2012). Teaching evidence-based practice using a mock trial. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing  43(12), 566–70.

 

Chapter 3 – Introducing the Research Process

Allen, D. & Lyne, P. (2006). The Reality of Nursing Research Politics, Practices, and Processes. London and New York: Routledge.

Brinkmann, S. (2009). Literature as qualitative inquiry: The novelist as researcher. Qualitative Inquiry 15(8), 1376–94.

Burns, N. P. D. & Grove, S. K. (2007). Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice.St Louis, MI: Elsevier Saunders.

Chung, K. C. & Shauver, M. J. (2008). Fundamental principles of writing a successful grant proposal.  Journal of Hand Surgery 33(4), 566–72. 

Darbyshire, P., Downes, M., Collins, C. & Dyer, S. (2005). Moving from institutional dependence to entrepreneurialism: Creating and funding a collaborative research and practice development position. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14(8A), 926–34.

 

Chapter 4 – Ethical and Legal Considerations in Research

Atkins, K., Britton, B. & de Lacy, S. (2011). Ethics and Law for Australian Nurses. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Berglund, C. (2012). Ethics for Healthcare, 4th edn. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Courtney, M. & McCutchen, H. (2010). Using Evidence to Guide Nursing Practice, 2nd edn. Australia: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.

Leedy, P. & Ormond, J. (2010). Practical Research Planning and Design, 9th edn. Boston: Pearson Education International.

Richardson-Trench, M., Taylor, B., Kermode, S. & Roberts, K. (2011). Research in Nursing, 4th edn. Australia: Cengage Learning.

 

PART 2 – Qualitative Research Methods

Chapter 5 – Sampling in Qualitative Research

Creswell, J. W. (2007). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches. London: SAGE Publications.

Douglass, B. & Moustakas, C. (1985). Heuristic inquiry: The internal search to know. Journal of Humanistic Psychology 25, 39–55.

Pelto, P. J. & Pelto, G. H. (1978). Anthropological Research: The Structure of Inquiry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 

Chapter 6 – Qualitative Research Design

Denzin, N. K. & Lincoln, Y. S. (eds) (1994). Handbook of Qualitative Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

Leininger, M. (1985). Qualitative Research Methods in Nursing. New York: Grune & Stratton.

Liamputtong, P. (2009). Qualitative Research Methods, 3rd edn. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Ricoeur, P. (1976). Interpretation Theory: Discourse and the Surplus of Meaning. Fort Worth, TX: Texas Christian University Press.

 

Chapter 7 – Data Collection: Qualitative Research

Berg, B. L. (2007). Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences. Boston: Pearson.

Burgess, R. G. (1987). In the Field: An Introduction to Field Research. London: Allen & Unwin.

Pelto, P. & Pelto, G. (1978). Anthropological Research: The Structure of Inquiry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 

Chapter 8 – Qualitative Data Analysis

Baker, T. & Wang, C. (2006). Photovoice: Use of a participatory action research method to explore the chronic pain experience in older adults. Qualitative Health Research 16, 1405–13.

Glaser, B. (1978). Theoretical Sensitivity: Advances in the Methodology of Grounded Theory. Mill Valley, CA: Sociology Press.

Glaser, B. & Strauss, A. (1967). The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research. Chicago: Aldine.Miles, B. M. & Huberman, A. M. (1994). Introduction: Three approaches to qualitative data analysis. In B. M.

Miles & A. M. Huberman (eds), An Expanded Sourcebook: Qualitative Data Analysis. London: SAGE Publications, pp. 8–12.