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 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...
Interaction as an ethically sensitive subject of research
In this paper, Hanna Maijala, Päivi Åstedt-Kurki and Eija Paavilainen discuss...
Illustrating the ethical dimensions of action research
Graham Williamson and Sue Prosser discuss the ethical dimensions of action research...
The ethics of research with children
In this article, the focus of which is research with children, Peter Allmark...
An approach to the phenomenological analysis of data
In this paper, Helena Priest describes and justifies a phenomenological research...
The final hurdle: preparation for the PhD viva examination
The viva examination is the culmination of the PhD process. However, it is...
The whole story: towards an ethical research methodology
In this paper Alex Carson and Gavin Fairbairn argue that closer links between...
An overview of three different approaches to the interpretation of qualitative data....
In this paper, the first of two, Helena Priest, Paula Roberts and Leslie Woods...
An overview of three different approaches to the interpretation of qualitative data....
This paper continues the discussion of the essential features and methods inherent...
Writing about nursing research: a storytelling approach
In this article Gavin Fairbairn and Alex Carson argue that much of what is written...
Eliciting nursing knowledge from practice: the dualism of nursing
Nursing knowledge has traditionally been examined and developed through the main...
Effective dissemination strategies
Dissemination of research findings or other key messages is increasingly...
Questionnaires from the heart: national agendas and private hopes
This article reflects on issues in mental health research from the user’s...
Black on black: methodological issues for black researchers working in minority ethnic...
In this article the insider-outsider debate is used to explore the contradictions...
Insider-outsider perspectives of participant observation
Ann Bonner and Gerda Tolhurst provide personal accounts of their experiences in...
Evidence-based practice
This article provides an insight into the philosophical assumptions underpinning...