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<p>Research governance strategies, as currently operated are potentially limiting the conduct of research, especially multi-centre studies.
<p>Discourse analysis (DA) embodies two main approaches: Foucauldian DA and radical social constructionist DA.
<p>Discourse analysis (DA) has frequently been misapplied within nursing research, demonstrating a lack of understanding among some nurse researchers of theoretical/ metho
<p>Discourse analysis (DA) is underpinned by a social constructionist orientation to knowledge.
<p>Leading and co-ordinating a research project is a complex undertaking involving management of people, processes, budget and material resources.
<p>In this paper, Patriek Mistiaen, Else Poot, Sophie Hickox, and Cordula Wagner describe how they conducted a search of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews in ord
<p>Wounds are a common clinical problem, cared for in most, if not all, clinical settings.
<p>Developing a research question is a difficult and challenging step in the research process.
<p>In July 2000, I (KD) commenced part-time PhD studies, using grounded theory methodology.
<p>Phenomenology has become an increasingly popular research approach within nursing over the last 25 years.
<p>This article represents months of reading, which initially began in an effort to try to understand the popularity of hermeneutics and phenomenology in nursing research.
<p>Simone de Beauvoir, who was Jean-Paul Sartre’s long-time companion, lover and collaborator, told the story of how Sartre became very emotional upon hearing of Husserl’s
<p>The commissioning of healthcare services is increasingly linked to the availability of rigorous evidence of clinical and cost effectiveness. In the current climate, ‘rigorous evidence’ is synonymous with the randomised controlled trial (RCT).
<p>The last 20 years have seen rapid technological developments within the field of information technology. The internet, sophisticated software packages and increased accessibility to computers have all opened opportunities for educators.
<p>In this article, using the clinical research question: ‘what factors seem to predict who will take an overdose?’, Denis Anthony shows how a statistical computer package can make research easier and more efficient</p>
<p>In entering the higher education arena, nursing and midwifery has had to contend with a number of challenges. Centre stage is the inherent tension between the maintenance of both academic/professional and practice/service based foci.
<p>As the case study approach gains popularity in nursing research, questions arise with regard to what it exactly is, and where it appears to fit paradigmatically. Is it a method, a design, are such distinctions important?
<p>In the United Kingdom the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) is a major method of assessing research from Higher Education institutions.
