Qualitative Research in Nursing provides all the information you need to understand and implement today's successful qualitative research methods in the world of contemporary nursing.

Features:

• Companion chapters present an overview of each method, along with stepwise guidance on applying these methods to nursing education, administration, and practice.
• Emphasis on ethical considerations ensures that your research meets current ethical standards.
• Procedural guidance helps you apply the latest advances in methodological triangulation, instrument development, and software to your research.
• Critiquing guidelines for each method provide a systematic approach, showing you the questions to ask when evaluating key aspects of published research.
• Tables of published research offer resources for further reading.
• Updated articles throughout the text reflect the latest research methods and applications.
• Expanded content emphasizes the importance of theory development as a basis for qualitative research.
• Thoroughly updated Sampling Tables appear in companion chapters.
• More information on qualitative research "rigor" helps you design effective and meaningful studies.
• More international research examples and published articles provide a broader, more global perspective.

Contents

1. Philosophy and Theory: Foundations of Qualitative Research
2. The Conduct of Qualitative Research: Common Essential Elements
3. Designing Data Generation and Management Strategies
4. Ethical Considerations in Qualitative Research
5. Phenomenology as Method
6. Phenomenology in Practice, Education, and Administration
7. Grounded Theory as Method
8. Grounded Theory in Practice, Education, and Administration
9. Ethnography as Method
10. Ethnography in Practice, Education, and Administration
11. Historical Research Method
12. Historical Research in Practice, Education, and Administration
13. Action Research Method
14. Action Research in Practice, Education, and Administration
15. Triangulation as a Qualitative Research Strategy
16. Writing a Qualitative Research Proposal
17. A Practical Guide for Sharing Qualitative Research Results

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