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.
Using the internet to conduct research
The internet has become an everyday communication tool for countless people...
Triangulation as a method for contemporary nursing research
The complex nature of phenomena investigated by nurses demands the use of a...
Application of discourse analysis to nursing inquiry
Discourse analysis (DA) has frequently been misapplied within nursing research,...
Discourse analysis and social constructionism
Discourse analysis (DA) is underpinned by a social constructionist orientation to...
Leading and co-ordinating a multi-nurse researcher project
Leading and co-ordinating a research project is a complex undertaking involving...
The evidence for nursing interventions in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
In this paper, Patriek Mistiaen, Else Poot, Sophie Hickox, and Cordula Wagner...
Theoretical and methodological approaches in discourse analysis
Discourse analysis (DA) embodies two main approaches: Foucauldian DA and radical...
Using a reflective diary to develop bracketing skills during a phenomenological...
Phenomenology has become an increasingly popular research approach within nursing...
Hermeneutics: an exploration
This article represents months of reading, which initially began in an effort to...
Using different designs in wound healing research
Wounds are a common clinical problem, cared for in most, if not all, clinical...
Phenomenology: to wonder and search for meanings
Simone de Beauvoir, who was Jean-Paul Sartre’s long-time companion, lover and...
From research topic to research question: a challenging process
Developing a research question is a difficult and challenging step in the research...
Data collecting in grounded theory - some practical issues
In July 2000, I (KD) commenced part-time PhD studies, using grounded theory...
Using randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to test service interventions: issues of...
The commissioning of healthcare services is increasingly linked to the availability...
The evaluation of multimedia learning packages in the education of health professionals...
The last 20 years have seen rapid technological developments within the field of...
Using a computer to perform statistical analysis
In this article, using the clinical research question: ‘what factors seem to...
Research in response to local need
In entering the higher education arena, nursing and midwifery has had to contend...
Case study: Design? Method? Or comprehensive strategy?
As the case study approach gains popularity in nursing research, questions arise...