Relevant Terms are identified to help students become more familiar with the terms necessary to learn the chapter content.

Key Ideas sections identify information in the chapter that are especially important for students to note. The fill-in-the-blank questions identify important content that students might have missed in their first reading of the chapter.

Making Connections exercises identify important ideas critical to comprehending and synthesizing content.

Puzzles have been designed to help students have fun while learning.

Exercises in Critical Appraisal are provided to give students experience in critically appraising published studies. Questions refer to Appendix A of the study guide, which includes three published studies.

Going Beyond sections provide suggestions for further study. Students can use these exercises to test their new knowledge.

Answers to Study Guide Exercises are available at the end of each chapter.

NEW! Updated to reflect the enhanced emphasis on evidence-based practice in The Practice of Nursing Research, 7th Edition. Equips students both to generate research evidence and also to appraise and synthesize existing evidence for application to practice.

Three NEW! published studies are included for critical appraisal.

NEW! Pageburst e-book format gives students the opportunity to fully master the content in a convenient electronic format.