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.
Reflections on preparing a poster for an RCN conference
The acceptance letter for the RCN Annual International Nursing Research Conference...
Constructing vignettes to investigate anger in multiple sclerosis
The physical effects of multiple sclerosis (MS) mean participating in research...
Using social exchange theory to guide successful study recruitment and retention
Participant attrition (withdrawal or loss after entering a study) is a major threat...
Bracketing – practical considerations in Husserlian phenomenological research
Nursing research leans heavily towards naturalism, with phenomenology commonly...
Phenomenology and participant feedback: convention or contention?
Steps to enhance the rigour of qualitative research are much debated in nursing...
Understanding phenomenology
Phenomenology is a philosophic attitude and research approach. Its primary position...
Protecting the rights of individuals in collaborative research
Collaborative research provides numerous benefits, such as the contribution of...
Using survey data to assist theoretical sampling in grounded theory research
Grounded theory methods can help to generate a theoretical explanation of social...
An exploration of the origin of classic grounded theory
In grounded theory, assumptions and paradigms underpin the approach giving the...
Systematic review protocols: an introduction
Systematic reviews are a thorough and efficient method of appraising literature and...
A research routine to assess bias introduced by low response rates in postal surveys
Low response rates to postal surveys potentially bias study results. We used three...
Reconciling methodological approaches of survey and focus group
The aim of research, be it qualitative or quantitative is either to predict,...
Seeing both the forest and the trees: a process for tracking individual responses in...
Focus groups are a popular component of nursing research. While they have their...
Uses of a research diary: learning reflectively, developing understanding and...
The author of this paper started a research diary to provide transparency to her...
Developing and testing attitude scales around IT
Information technology (IT) is an integral component of the healthcare delivery...
Issues in using methodological triangulation in research
This paper describes how methodological triangulation was used in two nursing...
Involving children and young people in the development of art-based research tools
In this article, the authors describe how they worked with children and young...
Conducting research on acute mental health admission wards
A group of researchers investigated medication (drug) rounds on mental health...