Connection between research and evidence-based practice / Sharon Cannon and Carol Boswell -- Overview of research / Sharon Cannon and Margaret Robinson -- Ethics and nursing research / Jane Sumner -- Problem statement, research question, hypothesis / Lucy B. Trice and Kathaleen C. Bloom -- Literature review: searching and writing the evidence / Dorothy Jackson -- Sampling / Kathaleen C. Bloom and Lucy B. Trice -- Quantitative research design / Sharon Cannon -- Qualitative research methods / Donna Scott-Tilley -- Data collecton / Carol Boswell -- Mixed method research / JoAnn Long and Carol Boswell -- Reliability, validity, and trustworthiness / James Eldridge -- Data analysis / James Eldridge -- Critique process / Carol Boswell and Sharon Cannon -- Application of evidence-based nursing practice with research / Sharon Cannon and Carol Boswell.