Nursing research is essential if nurses need to understand the varied dimensions of their profession. It enables nurses to describe the characteristics of a particular nursing situation about which little is known; to explain the phenomena that must be considered in planning nursing care; to predict the probable outcome of certain decisions; to control the occurrence of undesired outcomes and to initiate activities to promote desired client behavior.

Hope that the content, style and organization of this revised edition continue to meet the needs of a broader spectrum of nursing students and nurse researchers.Key FeaturesMost of the researches in nursing are done at the doctoral and postdoctoral levels. Increasing number of clinical nurses with master degree and bachelor degree are beginning to participate in research activities as part of their nursing role. If nursing has to be research-based practice, it is reasonable to expect the nurse in the clinical area to have some awareness of the process and language of research. Nurses should be sensitive to the issues related to protecting the rights of human subjects. They should participate in the identification of significant researchable problem and be a consumer of research findings for which the nursing students are expected to learn research functions early in their career.

This book entitled Nursing Research and Statistics is based on course and curriculum of nursing students. This book has been designed for nursing students to provide the knowledge and skills they need to become competent in assuming research functions in several ways. It has been written in simple language covering the concepts of research required by the nurses. The author has made earnest attempt to give enough exposure to nursing students for better understanding of the concepts of nursing research. This title is organized into 27 chapters. Ideally, the text is followed sequentially, but every effort has been made to respect the differing needs of diverse curriculum and students. Also, every attempt has been made to maintain simplicity and lucidity of language and style throughout the text. So that students can grasp the subjects very clearly and completely.