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The challenges of being an insider in storytelling research

01 September 2013

Nurse Researcher

Feminism

Aim To describe the challenges related to being an ‘insider’ researcher in a study that uses a feminist-informed storytelling research design and to discuss...

The supervisor-student relationship in developing methodology

01 July 2007

Nurse Researcher

issues in research

In this article, Carmel Seibold explores the unique relationship between supervisor and student in one aspect of the supervision process: choosing a methodology. It...

Exploring how Heideggerian philosophy underpins phenomenolgical research

01 July 2010

Nurse Researcher

issues in research

This paper demonstrates the methodological implications of using Heideggerian philosophy to inform a phenomenological study of the experience of memory loss. In...

The barriers to and benefits of conducting Q-sorts in the classroom

01 November 2013

Nurse Researcher

Subjectivity

Aim To outline the barriers to and benefits of using Q methodology in a classroom. Background Q methodology has been established as a systematic way to measure...

improving student placements in nursing homes

01 July 2002

Nursing Older People

General

The use of clinical placements in registered nursing homes has received wide support in the nursing literature (Carignan 1992, Nazarko 1996, Nazarko 1999). Following...

An introduction to the biographical narrative interpretive method

30 May 2014

Nurse Researcher

Patient stories

Aim To introduce the biographical narrative interpretive method (BNIM) to nurse researchers in search of a new methodology and method. Background Listening to and...

The search for understanding: the role of paradigms

16 March 2018

Nurse Researcher

Evidence & practice

Background Kuhn’s (1962) acknowledgement of a paradigm as a way that scientists make sense of their world and its reality gave recognition to the idea of ‘paradigm...

Russian revelation

18 April 2006

Nursing Standard

General article

Jill McGowan was convinced that a programme of breathing retraining – the Buteyko Method – could reduce the medication needs of people with asthma. So she gave up...

Understanding phenomenology

01 January 2010

Nurse Researcher

General

Phenomenology is a philosophic attitude and research approach. Its primary position is that the most basic human truths are accessible only through inner...

Focus groups in nursing research

01 January 2007

Nurse Researcher

Focus

The literature suggests that prior to the 1950s, focus groups were almost unknown within the social sciences. Today, research studies using focus groups are gaining...