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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.
A novice researcher’s reflection on recruiting participants for qualitative research
Background This paper is a reflection by a PhD candidate on her qualitative study involving...
19 Sep 2017
When study participants are vulnerable: getting and keeping the right team
Background Research assistants (RAs) are critical members of all research teams. When a...
19 Sep 2017
Consulting with children, parents and a teacher to shape a qualitative study
Background Patient and public involvement is an emerging element of contemporary research...
19 Sep 2017
Nurses as participants in research: an evaluation of recruitment techniques
Background Recruitment and retention of participants, as well as response rates, can be...
19 Sep 2017
Crowdfunding: an innovative way to fund your project
Background Getting research funded is extremely difficult, with research councils rejecting...
22 Jun 2017
Challenges in accessing and interviewing participants with severe mental illness
Background Interviews are widely used in qualitative research to collect data. However,...
22 Jun 2017
Technology-enhanced focus groups as a component of instrument development
Background Bullying is a critical public health problem and a screening tool for use in...
22 Jun 2017
Psychometric testing of inventory of beliefs and attitudes on domestic violence
Background Domestic violence (DV) is an international public health issue associated with...
22 Jun 2017
Considerations when conducting e-Delphi research: a case study
Background E-Delphi is a way to access a geographically dispersed group of experts. It is...
22 Jun 2017
Open access
A beginner’s guide to ethnographic observation in nursing research
Background Observation is mentioned in most ethnographic textbooks, but specific details...
22 Mar 2017
Open access
Selection, collection and analysis as sources of evidence in case study research
Background Case study research is a valuable way to explore and describe nursing phenomena...
22 Mar 2017
So you think you’ve designed an effective recruitment protocol?
Background Recruiting acutely ill patients to participate in research can be challenging....
22 Mar 2017
Shared worlds: multi-sited ethnography and nursing research
Background Ethnography, originally developed for the study of supposedly small-scale...
22 Mar 2017
Reflecting on the learning opportunities of presenting at a conference
Background Research productivity is a major indicator of higher educational institutions’ (...
22 Mar 2017
An introduction to the origins, history and principles of ethnography
Background Ethnography is embedded in the history of research and has been considered a...
22 Mar 2017
Implications for research and practice of the biographic approach for storytelling
Background Intensive care unit survivors face many physical and psychological difficulties...
23 Jan 2017
Why undertake a pilot in a qualitative PhD study? Lessons learned to promote success
Background Pilot studies can play an important role in qualitative studies. Methodological...
23 Jan 2017
An adaptable instrument and method for exploring care and compassion
Background Narratives, particularly when visual and auditory elements are added to words,...
23 Jan 2017