Succeeding in Literature Reviews and Research Project Plans for Nursing Students (Transforming Nursing Practice Series) - Softcover

GR Williamson; Andrew Whittaker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 144628283X ISBN 13: 9781446282830

Publisher: Learning Matters, 2014

Synopsis

This book is a practical and readable guide that will show you how to successfully complete a literature review or research project plan as part of your final year assessment. It guides you through all the necessary stages from start to finish, beginning with preparation and planning, using and critiquing research and finally writing up and completing your project.

Key features

-Guides you through all necessary stages: preparing, undertaking and writing up the literature review or project plan

-Extremely user friendly with case studies, examples and activities that bring the book to life

-Explains the importance of research and demonstrates how and where a literature review or project plan fits in

-Linked to the lastest NMC Standards and Essential Skills Clusters

About this title

About the Authors

Dr Graham R Williamson is a Lecturer in Adult Nursing at the University of Plymouth. His clinical background is in acute medical nursing. His areas of teaching expertise are in evidence-based practice and research, as well as health policy. His research interests concern supporting students in clinical practice. He is a Core Team Member of the University’s Centre of Excellence in professional Placement Learning.

Andrew Whittaker, PhD, is Professor of Social Work Research at London South Bank University, England, where he is head of the Risk Resilience and Expert Decision Making (RRED) research group. His research on risk and decision making has ranged from ethnographic to randomised controlled trial research designs. Andrew recently completed a review of professional decision making for a child death inquiry in Queensland, Australia. He is the Convenor of the Decisions, Assessment and Risk Special Interest Group (DARSIG) of the European Social Work Research Association. DARSIG is the main European network for researchers in the field of assessment, risk and decision making in social work, with more than 80 members in over 20 countries. Andrew is Editor of the Journal of Social Work Practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Learning Matters
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 144628283X
• ISBN 13: 9781446282830
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 208