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.

The one-way ANOVA test explained

The methodology of the test as an example of an inferential statistical method

Scientific models generated through a textual thematic analysis coding system: part 1

Qualitative modelling creates semantic structure expressed via theme-code, content and...

Just one interview’: making visible the hidden workload entailed in qualitative research

Understanding workload is vital to ensure that timelines, recruitment targets and funding ...

Nurse researcher identity and reflexivity in interpretive phenomenological analysis

Guidance on how novice nurse researchers can navigate changes in identity

Managing missing and erroneous data in nurse staffing surveys

An approach to assessing and handling inconsistent data, with an example of survey results...

The challenges of recruiting and interviewing patients following critical illness

How best to recruit and interview participants in a virtual setting

How to structure Microsoft Excel documents for systematic reviews

The Excel method is efficient and free and can produce transparent and complete reports

Bayesian analysis for nurse and midwifery research

Statistical, practical and ethical benefits of the Bayesian approach

Using mixed methods grounded theory to explain neonatal nurses’ quality of life

Evaluate examples of optimal use and appraisal of mixed methods grounded theory methodology

Managing the elephant in the room: responding to COVID-19’s impact on data collection

How to change data collection methods rather than abandoning research

The improvement in research orientation among clinical nurses in Qatar

Why is there less nursing research in the Middle East than in other countries?

Research behind a webcam: an exploration of virtual interviewing with children

Learn more about virtually interviewing children and young people
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Developing codes from the interview: reading versus listening

Create strategies for efficiently analysing data in a grounded theory study

Dimensionality and category functioning of questionnaires used in nursing research

Using modern Rasch techniques of objective measurement to develop high-quality questionnaires
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Assessing patients’ perceptions of their safety in an acute hospital setting

How a measure was developed and validated to assess perceptions of safety

Developing a self-administered questionnaire: methods and considerations

A structured process for developing self-administered questionnaires

Academic writing retreats for nurses and allied health professionals

Developing engagement, dissemination and collaboration opportunities

Psychoanalytic therapy and narrative research interviewing: some reflections

Consider how you conduct interviews and what to share of the participants’ accounts

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