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<p>Maxine Simmons reflects on her experiences as an ‘insider’ ethnographer – a senior manager undertaking research with nurse consultants within her own employing organisa
<p>In this article, Carmel Seibold explores the unique relationship between supervisor and student in one aspect of the supervision process: choosing a methodology.
<p>Caryl Skene uses a model of reflection to revisit her experience as a novice researcher.
<p>Research with older adults involves unique challenges, says US-based researcher Cynthia S Jacelon, but it offers benefits to both researcher and subjects, providing neg
<p>This study by Sangan Sookdeb explored the factors that determine the time interval between men suffering the onset of erectile disorder and their presentation for treat
<p>Wendy Walker examines some important ethical issues that researchers need to consider before and during phenomenological research.
<p>If nurses are to undertake rigorous transcultural research, they must take account of the cultural and linguistic diversity of the countries in which they propose to co
<p>The aim of this article is to illustrate in detail important issues that research beginners may have to deal with during the design of a qualitative research proposal i
<p>In a 2004 paper, Martin Johnson suggested that ‘too many of us study our own students for reasons that can only be explained by excessive convenience’.
<p>This article draws on the primary author’s experiences of conducting a critical ethnographic study within the emergency department where she works.
<p>Julie McGarry examines some of the issues associated with relationships that develop in ethnographic research.
<p>The use of focus groups as a method of nursing research has increased substantially over the past 20 years.
<p>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 appeal in academic journals. Likewise, they are being used quite extensively outside academic environments.
<p>In this paper, Isis Lioba Howatson-Jones reviews some of the dilemmas experienced in arranging focus groups, particularly for the novice researcher, and draws upon a pilot research project on qualified nurses’ learning as illustration.
<p>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 Macduff analysed the construction, development and testing of a typology.
<p>In this paper, Stephan Kirby demonstrates and explores an approach to grounded theory research within the segregation unit of a high secure prison. The paper illustrates how he used ‘experiential alertness’ (EA) to promote the effective use of grounded theory.
<p>In order to realise their full potential as learners, it is essential that students have good self-directed learning skills.
How expert are the experts? An exploration of the concept of ‘expert’ within Delphi panel techniques
<p>The use of the term ‘expert’ occurs widely in healthcare research, in the context of national guidelines and consensus methods for the development of clinical protocols.
