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.
How case-study research can help to explain implementation of the nurse practitioner...
Aim To discuss how case-study research was undertaken to explain the implementation...
How to develop a patient and carer advisory group in stroke care research
Aim The aim of this paper is to inform and advise researchers on the practical...
To what extent can people with communication difficulties contribute to health research?
Aim To present an approach to involving people with communication disorders in...
From Darwin to constructivism: the evolution of grounded theory
Aim To explore the evolution of grounded theory and equip the reader with a greater...
Using grounded theory to create a substantive theory of promoting schoolchildren’s...
Aim To discuss the creation of a substantive theory using grounded theory. This...
An introduction to Q methodology
Aim To explain Q methodology, an untraditional approach to nursing research, by...
Conducting research into hidden or hard-to-reach populations
Aim To explore the problems involved in conducting research with populations that...
Use of reflexivity in a mixed-methods study
Aim To present a novice researcher’s use of a reflective research diary in the...
Development of an appraisal tool to evaluate strength of an instrument or outcome...
Aim To devise a framework to enable the grading of the psychometric strength of...
Research approaches related to phenomenology: negotiating a complex landscape
Aim To provide a comprehensive overview of the many research approaches related to...
The ‘auto/biographical’ method and its potential to contribute to nursing research
Aim To discuss the potential contribution of ‘auto/ biography’ to nursing research...
Linking aims, paradigm and method in nursing research
Aim To explore the use of paradigms as ontological and philosophical guides for...
Methodological triangulation: an approach to understanding data
Aim To describe the use of methodological triangulation in a study of how people...
Pyschometric testing of the Family Impact of Pain Scale using a sample of families in...
Aim To test the psychometric properties of the Family Impact of Pain Scale (FIPS)...
Philosophy of phenomenology: how understanding aids research
Aim To assist the researcher in understanding the similarities and differences...
Methodological considerations for studying social processes
Aim To discuss the nature of and considerations in the study of social processes....
Investigating patients’ experiences: methodological usefulness of interpretive...
Aim To demonstrate the methodological usefulness of interpretive interactionism by...
Applying the Pictor technique to research interviews with people affected by advanced...
Aim To outline some of the challenges facing people affected by advanced disease...