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.
Leading and co-ordinating a multi-nurse researcher project
Leading and co-ordinating a research project is a complex undertaking involving...
The evidence for nursing interventions in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
In this paper, Patriek Mistiaen, Else Poot, Sophie Hickox, and Cordula Wagner...
Using a reflective diary to develop bracketing skills during a phenomenological...
Phenomenology has become an increasingly popular research approach within nursing...
Using different designs in wound healing research
Wounds are a common clinical problem, cared for in most, if not all, clinical...
Hermeneutics: an exploration
This article represents months of reading, which initially began in an effort to...
From research topic to research question: a challenging process
Developing a research question is a difficult and challenging step in the research...
Phenomenology: to wonder and search for meanings
Simone de Beauvoir, who was Jean-Paul Sartre’s long-time companion, lover and...
Data collecting in grounded theory - some practical issues
In July 2000, I (KD) commenced part-time PhD studies, using grounded theory...
Using randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to test service interventions: issues of...
The commissioning of healthcare services is increasingly linked to the availability...
The evaluation of multimedia learning packages in the education of health professionals...
The last 20 years have seen rapid technological developments within the field of...
Using a computer to perform statistical analysis
In this article, using the clinical research question: ‘what factors seem to...
Research in response to local need
In entering the higher education arena, nursing and midwifery has had to contend...
Case study: Design? Method? Or comprehensive strategy?
As the case study approach gains popularity in nursing research, questions arise...
Grounded theory in nursing research: Part 3 — Application
In the first article in this series, the methodological characteristics of grounded...
The use of grounded theory to study interaction
In this paper Hanna Maijala, Eija Paavilainen and Päivi Åstedt-Kurki examine the...
Grounded theory in nursing research: Part 1 – Methodology
The epistemological underpinnings of grounded theory make it valuable in the study...
The ‘invisible’ nursing RAE 2001 — an analysis
In the United Kingdom the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) is a major method of...
Developing self-evaluation skills: a pragmatic research-based approach for complex...
Using a newly established community rehabilitation service as the research context...