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How my CAR-T therapy research seeks to improve cancer care and empower nurses
What have nurse researchers learned from the COVID-19 pandemic?
Finding the best mentor fit is vital for progressing your career
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How my CAR-T therapy research seeks to improve cancer care and empower nurses
Study was started during the pandemic and seeks to find out more about this cancer treatment
Racist abuse in the NHS: ignoring patients’ prejudice doesn’t make it go away
Managers expect staff to put up with insults, and when we don’t we’re called confrontational
Top tips for using social media in nursing research
Advice on promoting your and others’ work and building a trusted online community
Silence and the narrative research interview
Philip John Archard and Michelle O’Reilly examine non-verbal data
Methodological issues and methods in doctoral studies: tips and advice for success
Advice on a good basis for sound nurse research
Bias is key to stopping institutional and structural racism in healthcare and research
Institutional racism not only damages our health, it can kill, and it does
Editorial
What have nurse researchers learned from the COVID-19 pandemic?
Elizabeth Halcomb looks at some of the key lessons and initiatives
Finding the best mentor fit is vital for progressing your career
Budding nurse researchers and clinical nurses will blossom with the right mentor
Strategic plan for nurse research is a good foundation
Commitment and resourcing by policy-makers and government is essential to plan’s success
Strategies for becoming a successful writer
Many experience writing challenges, but there are techniques and strategies that can help you
Peer review: how to do it well
Tips for peer reviewers to ensure they can influence what is published
Tips for planning a paper for publication
Nurse Researcher is keen to encourage prospective authors to write and share their knowledge
Reviews
Doing a Literature Review in Nursing, Health and Social Care (Second edition)
This book provides a concise and informative guide to the process of literature review in nursing, health and social care, and is applicable to students and professionals.
An Adventure in Statistics: The Reality Enigma
If you are undertaking a research module or degree requiring statistics, then this textbook will be a valuable addition to your library.
Routledge Handbook on the Global History of Nursing
The chapters in this book vary in the depth, nature and quality of historical research they represent, but all are interesting and worth reading. Some focus on particular methods and others focus on various historical topics.
An Introduction to Qualitative Research: Learning in the Field (Fourth edition)
Covering three central ideas– research is about learning, should be purposeful and must be conducted systematically – this book proves itself to be a comprehensive guide to qualitative research.
Applied Qualitative Research Design: A Total Framework Approach
This book is suffused with the elements of what the authors call the total quality framework – namely credibility, analysability, transparency and usefulness. Each chapter is built around this framework so the important decisions needed throughout the stages of a qualitative research study are covered.
Action Research for Nurses
The authors of this long overdue book offer a cogent critique of the current body of nursing and research knowledge guided by three basic questions: » What constitutes nursing knowledge? » How is knowledge acquired? » How is nursing knowledge put to use?