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Nurse Researcher - Volume 18, Issue 2
Nurse Researcher
Issue 2 - Volume 18 - 21 January 2011
11 archive articles
- Editorial: Flexibility is key to review
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Author: Leslie Gelling
At the Collaborative Action Research Network International Conference in Cambridge, I delivered a paper on ‘Seeking ethical review for action research (AR): consideration of the ethical dilemmas and s...
Date: January 2011
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 18, Number 2
Keywords: Editorial, Flexibility - Process of conducting qualitative research
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Authors: Steve Campbell | John Scott
In 2007 some of us were fortunate enough to be in Dundee for the Royal College of Nursing’s Annual International Nursing Research Conference. A highlight of that conference was an enactment of the pro...
Date: January 2011
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 18, Number 2
Keywords: qualitative research - Phenomenological approaches: challenges and choices
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Authors: Jan Pringle | Charles Hendry | Ella McLafferty
Phenomenology is a recognised approach for investigating experiences in health research. Difficulties regarding the approach, however, have been documented with even the definitions and terminology so...
Date: January 2011
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 18, Number 2
Keywords: Phenomenology, research methods, interpretative phenomenological analysis - Hermeneutic inquiry: insights into the process of interviewing
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Author: Wendy Walker
Interviewing is a popular research method, closely associated with hermeneutic inquiry as a means of obtaining lived experience material from the viewpoint of the experiencing person. This article pro...
Date: January 2011
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 18, Number 2
Keywords: Interpretive phenomenology, semi-structured interview, interview process, interaction and relationships, witnessed resuscitation - Member checking and Heideggerian phenomenology: a redundant component
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Authors: Tracy McConnell-Henry | Ysanne Chapman | Karen Francis
Although member-checking has long been accepted as the gold standard in quantitative research, it is not the pinnacle for expressing rigour in Heideggerian phenomenology because it contradicts many of...
Date: January 2011
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 18, Number 2
Keywords: Nursing, qualitative research, Heideggerian phenomenology, member-checking, interviewing, interpretive research - Theoretical versus pragmatic design in qualitative research
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Authors: Joanna Smith | Hilary Bekker | Francine Cheater
For many years, discussions of the relative merits of generic and theoretical approaches to qualitative research have divided researchers while overshadowing the need to focus on addressing clinical q...
Date: January 2011
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 18, Number 2
Keywords: Qualitative research, framework analysis, parents’ experiences, hydrocephalus - Qualitative data analysis: the framework approach
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Authors: Joanna Smith | Jill Firth
Qualitative methods are invaluable for exploring the complexities of health care and patient experiences in particular. Diverse qualitative methods are available that incorporate different ontological...
Date: January 2011
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 18, Number 2
Keywords: Qualitative research, framework approach, patient experiences - Development and validation of the Child-to-Mother Violence Scale
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Authors: Michel Edenborough | Lesley M Wilkes | Debra Jackson | Judy Mannix
This article describes the development and tests the reliability and validity of a new survey instrument, the Child-to-Mother Violence Scale (CMVS). This instrument was devised specifically to measure...
Date: January 2011
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 18, Number 2
Keywords: Instrument development, validity and reliability testing, prevalence study, child-to-mother violence - Planning and conducting focus group research with nurses
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Authors: Maya Shaha | Jennifer Wenzel | Elisabeth E Hill
Focus groups are increasingly popular in nursing research. However, proper care and attention are critical to their planning and conduct, particularly those involving nursing staff. This article uses ...
Date: January 2011
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 18, Number 2
Keywords: Nurses, qualitative research, focus groups, organisation/management, practical inventory in practice - Opinion: Are we being true to the peer-review process?
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Author: Maher M El-Masri
Peer review of manuscripts submitted for publication is an essential process that the nursing community, like other scientific communities, adopts to ensure the quality of publications. Such a process...
Date: January 2011
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 18, Number 2
Keywords: peer-review, opinion - Planning and conducting focus group research with nurses - Table 2. Inventory
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Authors: Maya Shaha | Jennifer Wenzel | Elisabeth E Hill
Focus groups are increasingly popular in nursing research. However, proper care and attention are critical to their planning and conduct, particularly those involving nursing staff. This article uses ...
Date: January 2011
Journal: Nurse Researcher
Issue: Volume 18, Number 2
Keywords: issues in research, Methodology, Data analysis, Nurses, qualitative research, focus groups, organisation/management, practical inventory in practice
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