Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Background Nursing care addresses several complex interventions and international research into complex interventions is growing.
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Background Improving the health of black and minority ethnic (BME) men in the US continues to be a public health priority.
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The internet and social media have become a large part of everyday life for many people around the world – a social media platform being ‘an online location where a user can create
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Background Educational research uses narrative enquiry to gain and interpret people’s experiences.
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Background Phenomenology is a useful methodological approach in qualitative nursing research.
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Background Kuhn’s (1962) acknowledgement of a paradigm as a way that scientists make sense of their worl
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Background There are three commonly known philosophical research paradigms used to guide research methods and analysis: positivism, interpretiv
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Background Collecting data in phenomenological research can be difficult and an often under-explored area of data collection is the use of diar
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Background In a wider doctoral study related to unfavourable experiences of nursing students studying abroad, the researcher undertook a reflex
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Background Although more men than women sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI), approximately one quarter of people with TBIs are women.
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Background Concept analysis is frequently the first step novice nurse researchers take when beginning their work.
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Background ‘Emotion work’ is a term used to describe the emotional responses that may arise in qualitative research exploring difficult experie
Background Historically, mental health research has been strongly influenced by the underlying positivism of the quantitative paradigm. Quantitative research dominates scientific enquiry and contributes significantly to understanding our natural world.
Background Low response rates to surveys have been a long-standing issue in research. This includes research involving nurses and midwives. To gain representative samples, appropriate measures to maximise response rates need to be used.
Background The formulation of a research question is a vital first step in the research process and the significance of this is well reported in the literature; a well-structured question increases the outcome of useable findings.
Background Over the past two decades, there has been considerable research into workplace bullying. One area that remains poorly developed is a tool with the capacity to accurately differentiate between exposed and unexposed employees.
Background Phenomenology is a suitable method for investigating people’s experiences and van Kaam’s psychophenomenological model (PPM) is increasingly being used in nursing research.
Background Asset-informed approaches are increasingly emphasised in public health, but transferring this approach to planning health services requires prospective systematic methods.
