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.
‘To be honest, I haven’t even thought about it’ – recruitment in small-scale,...
Aim To review strategies for successful recruitment in small-scale, qualitative...
Data-analysis issues in a phenomenographic investigation of information literacy in...
Aim To explore two contrasting methods of phenomenographic data analysis.
The barriers to and benefits of conducting Q-sorts in the classroom
Aim To outline the barriers to and benefits of using Q methodology in a classroom....
Lessons learned about art-based approaches for disseminating knowledge
Online social networks for patient involvement and recruitment in clinical research
Aim To review current literature and discuss the potential of online social...
Confidence interval for statistical power using a sample variance estimate
Aims To improve estimation of statistical power by constructing its confidence...
Post-structural feminist interpretive interactionism
Aim To present an adaptation of interpretive interactionism that incorporates and...
The challenges of being an insider in storytelling research
Aim To describe the challenges related to being an ‘insider’ researcher in a study...
Undertaking qualitative research that involves native Chinese people
Aim To describe the dynamics of the Chinese people who will be encountered in a...
Multimethodology research with boys with severe haemophilia
Aim To describe the use of an innovative, multimethodological approach to exploring...
An example of qualitative comparative analysis in nursing research
Aim To describe an example of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) in a study...
Involving patients and the public in research
Aim To present the actions taken by the Scottish Dementia Clinical Research Network...
Acknowledging hubris in interpretative data analysis
Aim To explore the notion of ‘hubris’ as an important consideration of reflexive...
An overview of interpretive phenomenology as a research methodology
Aim To provide an overview of interpretive phenomenology.
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Understanding the processes of writing papers reflectively
Aim This paper explores the writing of research papers using reflective frameworks...
Is reflexivity the key to minimising problems of interpretation in phenomenological...
Aim To discuss and demonstrate the use of reflexivity in interpretive...
Preparing and conducting interviews to collect data
Aim To describe three styles of interviews and discuss issues regarding planning...
Nurse-led trials of medical devices: general principles and good practice
Aim To provide an overview of governance issues relating to medical-device trials...