About the author
Dr. John R. Cutcliffe holds the 'David G. Braithwaite' Professor of Nursing Endowed Chair at the University of Texas (Tyler); he is also an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatric Nursing at Stenberg College International School of Nursing, Vancouver, Canada. Martin Ward is an Independent Mental Health Nurse Consultant and Director of ; MZ Professional Development Ltd.
Table of contents
Foreword to the first edition
Foreword to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
Acknowledgements
Background to psychiatric/mental health nursing research and critiquing research
The growth of evidence-based practice and the importance of critiquing research
The Network for Psychiatric Nursing Research (NPNR) and the National Journal Club
Examples of a range of approaches used to critique nursing research
Approaches to critiquing nursing research
Burns and Groves (1987) critical appraisal approach to critiquing nursing research
Morrisons (1991) approach to critiquing nursing research
Ryan-Wengers (1992) guidelines for critique of a research report
Polit and Hungler's (1997) approach to critiquing nursing research
Polit, Beck and Hungler's (2001) approach to critiquing qualitative nursing research
The development of the NPNR Journal Club approach to critiquing nursing research
The need for a new approach to critiquing nursing research?
The NPNR Journal Club approach
The second stage of the NPNR Journal Club development: taking shape
The third stage of the NPNR Journal Club development: gaining confidence in the approach
The fourth stage of the NPNR Journal Club development: critiquing with a degree of confidence
Future considerations
Using the NPNR approach to critiquing for a student dissertation
The future of psychiatric and mental health nursing research?
Evidence-based mental health practice in Europe
Appendix
Key points arising from the examples had we used the NPNR Journal Club approach to critiquing research
Index
