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Nurse Researcher - Volume 17, Issue 2
Nurse Researcher
Issue 2 - Volume 17 - 01 January 2010
11 archive articles
- Editorial: Clinical research nursing has a bright future
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Author: Leslie Gelling
In December, it was my privilege to be invited to speak at the Scottish Research Nurse and Co-ordinators Network’s (SRNCN) annual conference in Dundee. More than 100 delegates from across Scotland met...
Date: January 2010
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 17, Number 2
Keywords: Editorial, Clinical research - Phenomenology: the methodological minefield
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Author: Leslie Gelling
Leslie Gelling explains how the themed papers in this issue provide an insight into the factors phenomenological researchers need to consider in their investigations
Date: January 2010
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 17, Number 2
Keywords: Phenomenology - Understanding phenomenology
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Author: Anne Flood
Phenomenology is a philosophic attitude and research approach. Its primary position is that the most basic human truths are accessible only through inner subjectivity, and that the person is integral ...
Date: January 2010
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 17, Number 2
Keywords: phenomenology epistemological assumptions, research methodology, research method, nursing research - Bracketing – practical considerations in Husserlian phenomenological research
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Authors: Conal Hamill | Helen AH Sinclair
Nursing research leans heavily towards naturalism, with phenomenology commonly adopted. The three main schools of phenomenology used are Husserl’s descriptive approach, Heidegger’s interpretive hermen...
Date: January 2010
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 17, Number 2
Keywords: bracketing, Husserlian phenomenology, process of bracketing, lived experience - Phenomenology and participant feedback: convention or contention?
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Authors: Caroline Bradbury-Jones | Fiona Irvine | Sally Sambrook
Steps to enhance the rigour of qualitative research are much debated in nursing research. Prolonged engagement in the field, maintaining a journal and member checks (participant feedback) can help wit...
Date: January 2010
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 17, Number 2
Keywords: Heidegger, Husserl, member checks, participant feedback, phenomenology, rigour - Protecting the rights of individuals in collaborative research
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Author: Brenda Happell
Collaborative research provides numerous benefits, such as the contribution of multiple perspectives and a more rounded approach to the research question. This paper considers and discusses the rights...
Date: January 2010
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 17, Number 2
Keywords: collaborative, intellectual property, rights and responsibilities of researchers, research - Making research supervision work for you
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Author: Nancy-Jane Lee
Doctoral students face a number of challenges during research. Guidance and support is provided through research supervision. However, an individual new to the process may find identifying an appropri...
Date: January 2010
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 17, Number 2
Keywords: doctoral supervision, minimum standards, ethical issues in supervision, postgraduate studies - Reflections on preparing a poster for an RCN conference
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Author: Helen Hand
The acceptance letter for the RCN Annual International Nursing Research Conference signalled the start of my doctoral research dissemination process and my first attempt at presenting a poster. The po...
Date: January 2010
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 17, Number 2
Keywords: research dissemination, poster presentation, engaging the audience, disseminating research findings - Constructing vignettes to investigate anger in multiple sclerosis
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Authors: Anisha Paddam | David Barnes | Dawn Langdon
The physical effects of multiple sclerosis (MS) mean participating in research requires considerable effort. Vignettes offer a less fatiguing and more efficient way of gathering preliminary data from ...
Date: January 2010
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 17, Number 2
Keywords: anger, multiple sclerosis, vignettes, reliability - Using social exchange theory to guide successful study recruitment and retention
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Authors: Lisa McGregor | Karen Parker | Kathryn M King
Participant attrition (withdrawal or loss after entering a study) is a major threat to the completion of valid studies. It can result in systematic error (selection bias), thus decreasing the statisti...
Date: January 2010
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 17, Number 2
Keywords: social exchange theory, longitudinal study, participant recruitment, participant retention - Book reviews
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Date: January 2010
A regular look at recent publications relevant to health care and nursing research
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 17, Number 2
Keywords: Book reviews
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