TABLE OF CONTENT Part I: Research Overview Research Vignette: A Program of Research in Transcultural Nursing 1. The Role of Research in Nursing 2. Theoretical Framework 3. Critical Reading Strategies: Overview of the Research Process 4. Developing Research Questions, Hypotheses, and Clinical Questions 5. Finding and Appraising the Literature 6. Legal and Ethical Issues Part II: Qualitative Research Research Vignette: Creating Qualitatively Derived Knowledge for a Practice Discipline 7. Introduction to Qualitative Research 8. Qualitative Approaches to Research Part III: Quantitative Research Research Vignette: Tackling the Prevention of Falls Among Older Adults 9. Introduction to Quantitative Research 10. Experimental and Quasiexperimental Designs 11. Non-experimental Designs Part IV: Processes Related to Research Research Vignette: Partnering with parents to reduce newborn pain - evidence and implementation 12. Sampling 13. Data Collection Methods 14. Rigour in Research 15. Qualitative Data Analysis 16. Quantitative Data Analysis 17. Presenting the Findings Part V: Critiquing Research Research Vignette: A Program of Research 18. Critiquing Qualitative Research 19. Critiquing Quantitative Research Part VI: Application of Research: Evidence-Informed Practice Research Vignette: From my Ph.D. to her Post-Doctoral studies: Building a Survivorship Cancer Care Program 20. Developing an Evidence-Informed Practice Research Vignette: Social Support Needs of Older Adults