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Researching participant recruitment times

06 November 2015

Emergency Nurse

Art & Science

Conducting research in emergency departments is relatively new, and there are a number of ethical and practical challenges to recruiting patients in these settings....

Improving patients’ and staff’s experiences of acute care

02 March 2015

Nursing Older People

Art & Science

The aim of this audit was to assess the effect of the Quality Mark programme on the quality of acute care received by older patients by comparing the experiences of...

Maximising nurses’ and midwives’ response rates to surveys

18 December 2017

Nurse Researcher

Evidence & practice

Background Low response rates to surveys have been a long-standing issue in research. This includes research involving nurses and midwives. To gain representative...

Reflecting on the challenges of choosing and using a grounded theory approach

26 November 2014

Nurse Researcher

Methodological decision making

Aim To explore three different approaches to grounded theory and consider some of the possible philosophical assumptions underpinning them. Background Grounded...

Methodological tools for the collection and analysis of participant observation data using grounded theory

26 November 2014

Nurse Researcher

Methodological decision making

Aim To give clarity to the analysis of participant observation in nursing when implementing the grounded theory method. Background Participant observation (PO) is a...

Using diaries to collect data in phenomenological research

16 March 2018

Nurse Researcher

Evidence & practice

Background Collecting data in phenomenological research can be difficult and an often under-explored area of data collection is the use of diaries. Aim To enable the...

Perils and pitfalls for clinicians embarking on qualitative research in physiotherapy

15 May 2015

Nurse Researcher

Focus groups

Aim To consider the pros and cons of focus groups versus interviews for studies interested in examining patient experiences of clinical interventions. The paper...

Reflecting on the use of photo elicitation with children

14 January 2015

Nurse Researcher

Data collection

Aim To reflect on the use of photo elicitation as a data collection method when conducting research with primary school age children (nine to 11 years). Background...

Researcher perspectives from a study of women’s experiences of breastfeeding

22 January 2016

Nurse Researcher

Qualitative data collection

Background Diaries are growing in popularity in healthcare, and are useful for obtaining a more profound understanding of participants’ experiences. However, they...

Using storyboards in participatory research

22 January 2016

Nurse Researcher

Qualitative data collection

Aim To draw on the authors’ experience of research conducted with vulnerable young women to argue for the use of storyboards in focus groups. Background Creative...