Clinical
Our clinical nursing articles aim to inform and educate nurse practitioners and students. This is achieved through the publication of peer-reviewed, evidence-based, relevant and topical articles.
Content validation of the evidence-based nursing practice assessment tool
Background The authors designed the evidence-based nursing practice assessment tool (EBNPAT...
Challenges in adapting a survey: ensuring cross-cultural equivalence
Background The increase in the number of international research studies means more surveys...
A reflection on the challenges in interviewing Arab participants
Background Cultural beliefs and ways of thinking need to be considered when interviewing...
Using hermeneutic phenomenology and the ethnographic principle of cultural...
Background The interpretive paradigm and hermeneutic phenomenological design are the most...
Reflections of a black African insider researcher
Background There is a growing body of literature providing reflective accounts and critical...
The use of the Medical Research Council framework in the study of complex interventions...
Background Nursing care addresses several complex interventions and international research...
Recruiting and engaging African-American men in health research
Background Improving the health of black and minority ethnic (BME) men in the US continues...
Disseminating research information through Facebook and Twitter (DRIFT): presenting an
The internet and social media have become a large part of everyday life for many people...
Introduction to positivism, interpretivism and critical theory
Background There are three commonly known philosophical research paradigms used to guide...
The search for understanding: the role of paradigms
Background Kuhn’s ( 1962 ) acknowledgement of a paradigm as a way that scientists make sense...
Making sense of concept analysis
Background Concept analysis is frequently the first step novice nurse researchers take when...
Using Colaizzi’s method of data analysis to explore the experiences of nurse academics...
Background Phenomenology is a useful methodological approach in qualitative nursing research...