This early volume in the long-running series focuses primarily on community issues. As in all volumes in the series, leading nurse practitioners provide students, researchers, and clinicians with the foundations for evidence-based practice and further research.
Preface
Contributors
Contents, Volume 4
Part I: Research on Nursing Practice
- The Community as a Field of Inquiry in Nursing,Grayce M. Sills and Jean Goeppinger
- School Nursing,Shu-Pi C. Chen and Judith A. Sullivan
- Teenage Pregnancy as a Community Problem,Ramona T. Mercer
- Cross-Cultural Nursing Research,Toni Tripp-Reimer and Molly C. Dougherty
Part II: Research on Nursing Care Delivery
- Nurse Practitioners and Primary Care Research: Promises and Pitfalls,Sherry L. Shamansky
- Nursing Diagnosis,Marjory Gordon
Part III: Research on Nursing Education
- Research on Continuing Education in Nursing,Alice M. Kuramoto
- Doctoral Education of Nurses: Historical Development, Programs, and Graduates,Juanita F. Murphy
Part IV: Research on the Profession of Nursing
- Ethical Inquiry,Susan R. Gortner
- Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Nursing Research,Claire M>Fagin and Barbara S. Jacobsen
Part V: Other Research
- Philosophy of Science and the Development of Nursing Theory, Frederick Suppe and Ada K. Jacox
Index