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  1. Introduction to qualitative nursing research

    Qualitative research is valuable because it approaches a phenomenon, such as a clinical problem, about which little is known by trying to understand its many facets. Most qualitative research is emergent, holistic, detailed, and uses many strategies to collect data. Qualitative research generates evidence and helps nurses determine patient ...

  2. A Practical Guide to Writing Quantitative and Qualitative Research

    INTRODUCTION. Scientific research is usually initiated by posing evidenced-based research questions which are then explicitly restated as hypotheses.1,2 The hypotheses provide directions to guide the study, solutions, explanations, and expected results.3,4 Both research questions and hypotheses are essentially formulated based on conventional theories and real-world processes, which allow the ...

  3. Qualitative Methods in Health Care Research

    Qualitative Research Questions and Purpose Statements. Qualitative questions are exploratory and are open-ended. A well-formulated study question forms the basis for developing a protocol, guides the selection of design, and data collection methods. Qualitative research questions generally involve two parts, a central question and related ...

  4. How to appraise qualitative research

    Useful terms. Some of the qualitative approaches used in nursing research include grounded theory, phenomenology, ethnography, case study (can lend itself to mixed methods) and narrative analysis. The data collection methods used in qualitative research include in depth interviews, focus groups, observations and stories in the form of diaries ...

  5. Nursing: Forming Questions

    These questions bring together multiple concepts related to a specific clinical situation or research topic. They may be divided into two broad categories: Qualitative Questions aim to discover meaning or gain an understanding of a phenomena or experience. They ask about an individual's or population's experience of certain situations or ...

  6. Qualitative Research Findings as Evidence: Utility in Nursing Practice

    Examples of qualitative methods employed in nursing research include grounded theory, phenomenology, ethnography, and qualitative description. Each method has its own assumptions and purposes and an appropriate method is chosen based on the research question.

  7. PDF How to appraise qualitative research

    In crit-ically appraising qualitative research, steps need to be taken to ensure its rigour, credibility and trustworthiness. (table 1). Some of the qualitative approaches used in nursing research include grounded theory, phenomenology, ethnography, case study (can lend itself to mixed methods) and narrative analysis.

  8. Nurses in the lead: a qualitative study on the ...

    Data analysis. Data collection and inductive thematic analysis took place iteratively [45, 53].The first author coded the data (i.e. observation reports, interview and focus group transcripts), basing the codes on the research question and theoretical notions on nursing role development and distinctions.

  9. Identifying the best research design to fit the question. Part 2

    Qualitative research methods have become increasingly important as ways of developing nursing knowledge for evidence-based nursing practice. Qualitative research answers a wide variety of questions related to nursing's concern with human responses to actual or potential health problems. The purpose of qualitative research is to describe, explore, and explain phenomena being studied.1 ...

  10. Framing Research Questions

    a who (who was studied - a population or sample) a what (what was done or examined - an intervention, an exposure, a policy, a program, a phenomenon) a how ([how] did the [what] affect the [who] - an outcome, an effect). PICO is the most common framework for developing a clinical research question, but multiple question frameworks exist.

  11. Evidence Based Nursing Practice

    When working with qualitative questions, an alternative to using PICO in searching for sources is the SPIDER search tool. SPIDER is an acronym that breaks down like this: S=Sample. P=Phenomena of Interest. D=Design. E=Evaluation. R=Research Type. Cooke, A., Smith, D., & Booth, A. (2012). Beyond PICO: The SPIDER tool for qualitative evidence ...

  12. Qualitative Research Questions: Gain Powerful Insights + 25 Examples

    25 examples of expertly crafted qualitative research questions. It's easy enough to cover the theory of writing a qualitative research question, but sometimes it's best if you can see the process in practice. In this section, we'll list 25 examples of B2B and B2C-related qualitative questions. Let's begin with five questions.

  13. An overview of the qualitative descriptive design within nursing research

    Background. Qualitative descriptive designs are common in nursing and healthcare research due to their inherent simplicity, flexibility and utility in diverse healthcare contexts. However, the application of descriptive research is sometimes critiqued in terms of scientific rigor. Inconsistency in decision making within the research process ...

  14. A qualitative study of nursing student experiences of clinical practice

    In study done by Hart and Rotem stressful events for nursing students during clinical practice have been studied. They found that the initial clinical experience was the most anxiety producing part of their clinical experience [ 4 ]. The sources of stress during clinical practice have been studied by many researchers [ 5 - 10] and [ 11 ].

  15. Qualitative data analysis

    Good qualitative research uses a systematic and rigorous approach that aims to answer questions concerned with what something is like (such as a patient experience), what people think or feel about something that has happened, and it may address why something has happened as it has. Qualitative data often takes the form of words or text and can include images. Qualitative research covers a ...

  16. Examples of Research Questions

    Examples of some general health services research questions are: Does the organization of renal transplant nurse coordinators' responsibilities influence live donor rates? What activities of nurse managers are associated with nurse turnover? 30 day readmission rates? What effect does the Nurse Faculty Loan program have on the nurse researcher ...

  17. PEO for Qualitative Questions

    PEO is an acronym that can help you create a search strategy for finding research to answer a qualitative research question. Patient, Population or Problem you are investigating. Exposure to an illness, a risk factor, screening, rehabilitation service, etc. Outcome or themes include experiences, attitudes, feelings, improvement in condition ...

  18. Global Qualitative Nursing Research: Sage Journals

    Global Qualitative Nursing Research. Global Qualitative Nursing Research (GQNR) is an open access, peer-reviewed journal focusing on qualitative research in fields relevant to nursing and other health professionals world-wide. Please see the Aims and Scope tab for … | View full journal description. This journal is a member of the Committee on ...

  19. Guides: Forming Research Questions: PS for qualitative

    PS for Qualitative Questions. The PS framework may be easier to use when trying to create a focused and searchable qualitative question. Qualitative questions investigate experiences and meaning of phenomena or ask about an individual's or population's experience of situations. P - Population: Population or phenomenon of interest.

  20. Research Guides: Nursing Resources: Qualitative vs Quantitative

    It is so easy to confuse the words "quantitative" and "qualitative," it's best to use "empirical" and "qualitative" instead. Hint: An excellent clue that a scholarly journal article contains empirical research is the presence of some sort of statistical analysis. See "Examples of Qualitative and Quantitative" page under "Nursing Research" for ...

  21. Qualitative Study

    The Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR) is a checklist covering a wider range of qualitative research. Examples of Application. Many times a research question will start with qualitative research. The qualitative research will help generate the research hypothesis which can be tested with quantitative methods.

  22. Forming answerable search questions using frameworks

    The PEO framework is useful for building research questions that have a qualitative focus. P . Population and their problems . how would you describe the patient or population of interest? E . Exposure . what has the population been exposed to? What have they experienced? O .

  23. Queer and transgender joy: A daily diary qualitative study of positive

    This study used qualitative and daily diary methods to identify queer and transgender joy (i.e., positive identity-related factors) in the daily lives of a racially diverse sample of sexual and gender minority adolescents (SGMA). A total of 94 SGMA completed a 21-day daily diary study, which asked an open-ended question related to participants' positive identity-related experiences.

  24. Patient involvement for improved patient safety: A qualitative study of

    1.1. Background. Research indicates that there is a potential for patients to improve safety (Davis, Jacklin, Sevdalis, & Vincent, 2007; Vincent & Coulter, 2002) and that patients are willing and able to be involved in safety‐related work (Waterman et al., 2006 Wright et al., 2016).However, several barriers to involving patients in improving patient safety has been identified and organized ...