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Dr. Renu Virmani is the Chairperson of the Department of Cardiovascular Pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, DC. She received her medical degrees in India and has held positions at multiple universities in the United States. Dr. Virmani has established an independent research program focused on cardiovascular pathology, publishing over 300 papers. Her work has helped establish an international reputation for evaluating devices and the pathology of sudden coronary death.
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Research
Methods and Critical
Appraisal for Evidence-Based
Practice
NINETH EDITION
Geri LoBiondo-Wood, PhD, RN,
FAAN
Professor and Coordinator, PhD in Nursing Program, University of Texas
Health Science Center at Houston, School of Nursing, Houston, Texas
Judith Haber, PhD, RN, FAAN
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The Ursula Springer Leadership Professor in Nursing, New York
University, Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York, New York
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Table of Contents
Cover image
Title page
Copyright
About the authors
Contributors
Reviewers
To the faculty
To the student
Acknowledgments
I. Overview of Research and Evidence-Based
Practice
Introduction
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1. Integrating research, evidence-based practice, and quality
improvement processes
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2. Research questions, hypotheses, and clinical questions
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3. Gathering and appraising the literature
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4. Theoretical frameworks for research
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II. Processes and Evidence Related to Qualitative
Research
Introduction
References
5. Introduction to qualitative research
References
6. Qualitative approaches to research
References
7. Appraising qualitative research
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Critique of a qualitative research study
References
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III. Processes and Evidence Related to
Quantitative Research
Introduction
References
8. Introduction to quantitative research
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9. Experimental and quasi-experimental designs
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10. Nonexperimental designs
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11. Systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines
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12. Sampling
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13. Legal and ethical issues
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14. Data collection methods
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15. Reliability and validity
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16. Data analysis: Descriptive and inferential statistics
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17. Understanding research findings
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18. Appraising quantitative research
Critique of a quantitative research study
Critique of a quantitative research study
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References
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IV. Application of Research: Evidence-Based
Practice
Introduction
References
19. Strategies and tools for developing an evidence-based practice
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20. Developing an evidence-based practice
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21. Quality improvement
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- 2. • Renu Virmani is Chairperson of the Department of Cardiovascular Pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) in Washington, DC. • She is Clinical Visiting Professor of Pathology at Georgetown University, George Washington University, Uniform University of Health Sciences, Maryland University and Clinical Research Professor of Pathology at Vanderbilt University.
- 3. • Dr Virmani received her MBBS degree in 1968 from Maulana Azad Medical School at Delhi University and received her MD degree in 1973, from Lady Hardinge Medical School, Delhi University, and India. • She completed her training in pathology in India at Meerut and at Lady Hardinge Hospital, New Delhi. • She then came to the USA to NHLBI as a visiting fellow for 8 months and then completed her residency at George Washington University. In 1977-79 she was a fellow at the NHLBI, NIH and then moved to the AFIP as a staff pathologist and was put in charge of Research.
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- 5. • In 1984 she returned to the AFIP as Chairperson of Cardiovascular Pathology and continued to establish her independence in the field of cardiovascular pathology. • When she arrived at the AFIP, she was the youngest chairperson of a department and the first to have a NIH funded grant. She has aggressively pursued both research dollar from the NIH and private sources and has never been without independent funding.
- 7. • Currently, she has 23 people in her department, who are actively engaged in research endeavors. She has established an independent stent laboratory that processes at least 100 stents a month and evaluates many different cardiac devices. • She also has developed a state of the art immunohistochemical laboratory which has helped establish an international reputation in the field of sudden coronary death. •She and the pathologist in her laboratory have vast experience in the evaluation of interventional devices, sudden death with special interest in atherosclerotic disease, right ventricular dysplasia, valvular heart disease, vasculitis and primary cardiac tumors.
- 8. • She has published over 300 peer-reviewed manuscripts, over 100 book-chapters and reviews, and has co-edited five cardiovascular pathology books, one cardiovascular pathology atlas, and a fascicle on primary cardiac tumors. She has developed an international reputation regarding coronary atherosclerosis and its relation to risk factors. • Finally, she was recently selected as one of the top 10 contenders for the prestigious Berry Award.