The perfect learning companion to Essentials of Nursing Research, Tenth Edition, this Study Guide helps you bridge the gap between students’ passive reading of abstract concepts and their active development of the skills needed to critically appraise research studies and apply findings in practice. 

Engaging, systematic learning exercises — including application exercises, study questions, matching exercises, and completion exercises — reinforce students’ acquisition of basic research skills and help students easily remember essential information from the textbook. Complete research reports included in the appendices strengthen students’ understanding of evidence-based practice, and corresponding activities help cultivate the critical thinking skills they’ll use to confidently apply research findings throughout their nursing careers.  

• UPDATED! Systematic exercises reflect the latest research approaches and practices as detailed in the textbook.
• UPDATED! New organization mirrors the textbook to ensure the most efficient review.  
• Fill in the Blanks exercises reinforce students’ grasp of important research concepts and terms, with answers available in the back of the book for easy reference and cross-checking.
• Matching exercises strengthen students’ research vocabulary and challenge students to connect abstract research approaches with corresponding concrete research hypotheses, with answers in the back of the book. 
• Study Questions test students’ recall of specific chapter material, with selected answers in the back of the book. 
• Application Exercises provide essential practice reading, comprehending, and critically appraising nursing studies through two sets of questions: Questions of Fact (with answers in the back of the book) and Questions for Discussion.
• 8 complete research reports included in the appendices, as well as activities related to those reports throughout the study guide, familiarize students with the kinds of real-world clinical evidence they’ll encounter, analyze, and apply in practice.