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Typologies in nursing: a review of the literature

01 January 2007

Nurse Researcher

issues in research

The generation and use of typologies is a familiar, but taken for granted, aspect of nursing discourse. In a previous article in Nurse Researcher (14,1), Colin...

The vignette revisited: evil and the forensic nurse

01 July 2002

Nurse Researcher

Issues in research

The vignette is a valuable and flexible research tool in behavioural sciences and health care. Joel Richman and Dave Mercer outline the variable application of this...

The value of analysing learning disability nurses’ stories

04 September 2009

Learning Disability Practice

Feature

An analysis of stories told by nurse teachers to learning disability nursing students uncovers insights into how their understanding of their field of practice is...

A guide to discourse analysis

01 October 2008

Nurse Researcher

A&S Science

Discourse analysis (DA) is becoming an increasingly popular research strategy for researchers in various disciplines, yet it evades a common understanding and...

Essential methodological considerations when using grounded theory

18 July 2016

Nurse Researcher

Evidence & practice

Aim To suggest important methodological considerations when using grounded theory. Background A research method widely used in nursing research is grounded theory,...

A partnership model for a reflective narrative for researcher and participant

Nurse Researcher

evidence & practice

Background Background Conceptual frameworks are important to ensure a clear underpinning research philosophy. Further, the use of conceptual frameworks can support...

Builders’ mates

19 January 2010

Nursing Standard

Reflections

Construction workers are reluctant to take time off for health appointments so two enterprising nurses are taking services to them.

An analysis of a typology of family health nursing practice

01 October 2006

Nurse Researcher

Analysis

In this article, Colin Macduff analyses the construction and testing of a typology of family health nursing practice. Following a summary of relevant methods and...