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 ‘invisible’ nursing RAE 2001 — an analysis
In the United Kingdom the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) is a major method of...
Developing self-evaluation skills: a pragmatic research-based approach for complex...
Using a newly established community rehabilitation service as the research context...
Grounded theory in nursing research: Part 2 – Critique
In the first article in this series (McCann and Clark 2003), the methodological...
Grounded theory in nursing research: Part 3 — Application
In the first article in this series, the methodological characteristics of grounded...
The use of grounded theory to study interaction
In this paper Hanna Maijala, Eija Paavilainen and Päivi Åstedt-Kurki examine the...
Grounded theory in nursing research: Part 1 – Methodology
The epistemological underpinnings of grounded theory make it valuable in the study...
Research philosophy: towards an understanding
In this paper, Frank Crossan argues that the distinction between quantitative and...
Research governance and postgraduate nurse education: the tensions and some solutions
In this paper Lorraine Ellis and Sue Peckover discuss the implications of the...
Testing a new tool: the management of aggression and violence attitude scale (MAVAS)
Perhaps due to the complexities of the problem of aggression and violence, and to...
Evaluating an assessment scale of irrational beliefs for people with mental health...
In this paper, Douglas MacInnes examines the validity of a measure of irrational...
Clinical supervision: models, measures and best practice
Julie Winstanley and Edward White examine clinical supervision, which is...
Analysis of phenomenological data generated with children as research participants
Phenomenology as a research method is increasingly used in nursing. It has been...
The mentor’s tale: a reflexive account of semi-structured interviews
In this article, Helen Hand provides an account of personal experience as a novice...
Ethnography and reflexivity: emotions and feelings in fieldwork
In this paper, Glynis Pellatt focuses on the importance of reflexivity, with...
Reflexivity: a personal journey during data collection
In this article Mary Carolan explores the notion of reflexivity as it applies to...
Requesting access for research purposes: issues and guidelines
One of the main considerations in the early stages of the research process is the...
Illuminative case study design: a new approach to the evaluation of continuing...
Drawing on illuminative evaluation methods originally developed for use in...