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Measuring up quantitative research methods
Liz Halcomb highlights the areas of debate and introduces four new articles
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Evidence and Practice
The challenges of researching drug-related emergency department presentations using...
Background Health research through review of medical charts is a useful way to understand...
Understanding, choosing and applying grounded theory: part 2
Background A fundamental decision when planning a study is the selection of the most...
Understanding, choosing and applying grounded theory: part 1
Background Grounded theory is one of the most widely used qualitative research methodologies...
Comprehensive evaluation of interventions: eight vital parameters
Background It is critically important to determine the effectiveness of an intervention...
A step-by-step approach to developing scales for survey research
Background While questionnaires and scales are some of the simplest methods of collecting...
Application of meta-summary to derive a measurement instrument from the literature: a...
Background Measurement tools are a common method to collect data in observational and survey...
Opinion
Measuring up quantitative research methods
Liz Halcomb highlights the areas of debate and introduces four new articles
Maximise your research impact to make a difference
High impact research, maximising research reach and measuring the effects should be priority
An exploration of different qualitative analysis techniques
Lucie Ramjan introduces five new Nurse Researcher articles relating to qualitative analysis...
Students
What a career in research nursing can offer
Research is a part of the NHS remit but students have little exposure to it during training
Careers
Research should be part of nurses’ daily work
Trust creates new post of clinical professor to help nurses develop research skills
‘While we treat diseases, we do not treat the root cause’
When and why did you develop an interest in research? During my master’s degree, I was able...
Pay attention to serendipity
When and why did you develop an interest in research? My first nursing job was as a staff...