This award-winning compendium of nursing research was the recipient of the ""Choice Outstanding Academic Title"" award for 2007 and the ""AJN Book of the Year Award."" Now available in an updated third edition, the volume continues to be a comprehensive yet concise resource that presents the key terms and concepts in nursing research and their application to practice.

New topics include NIH funded research areas, a comprehensive survey of major nursing research journals, addictions care, palliative care, translational science, simulation, trauma care, family-centered care, mild cognitive impairment, active surveillance for cancer care, workplace and empowerment research, nurse engagement, nurse-physician collaboration, CAM and empowerment research, spirituality, synthesis and action research, mixed methods research, systematic review, ethnopharmacology, Cochrane Date Base, and Translation (research to practice).

• Includes NIH funded research topics
• Provides a comprehensive survey of major nursing research journals
• Adds over 20 new areas of research and updates original entries
• Written by the world's leading authorities in nursing research
• Offers extensive cross-references for finding information easily