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.

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...

Challenging the reported disadvantages of e-questionnaires and addressing...

Aim To review the advantages and disadvantages of e-questionnaires, and question...

Mind maps: establishing ‘trustworthiness’ in qualitative research

Aim To present the use of mind maps as a way of seeking participant verification of...

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....

A personal insight into researcher positionality

Aim To highlight observations on the dilemmas of insider research.

Challenges that may arise when conducting real-life nursing research

Aim To reveal some of the unexpected occurrences that can arise during real-life...

How to create a journal article from a thesis

Aim To identify strategies to assist in the publication of research arising from a...

Parental involvement in neonatal pain management: reflecting on the researcher-...

Aim The objective of this paper is to identify and explore some of the ethical and...

The effect of interview recording on quality of data obtained: a methodological...

Aims This article reflects the author’s experience of qualitative interviews during...

Regional follow up of late preterm neonatal intensive care graduates

Aim To guide researchers who are contemplating embarking on research by discussing...

Exchange and equality during data collection: relationships through story sharing with...

Aim To explore how reciprocity is achieved through a method of self-disclosure,...

The use of visual methodology in nursing

Aim To explore the use of visual methodology in nursing.

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Journaling: identification of challenges and reflection on strategies

Aims To identify the challenges associated with using journaling as a method of...

Assessing children’s and parents’ opinions on salivary sampling for therapeutic drug...

Aim This paper describes preliminary development and pilot testing of a...

Revisiting Mandell’s ‘least adult’ role and engaging with children’s voices in research

Aim This paper is intended to re-examine Mandell’s classic work on the ‘least adult...

An introduction to Moustakas’s heuristic method

Aim This paper is intended to introduce Moustakas’s heuristic method to a wider...

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