Mixed methods studies in social sciences are predominantly employed to explore broad,
complex, and multifaceted issues and to evaluate policies and interventions. The integration …

Both healthcare providers and researchers in the health sciences are well rehearsed in
asking the question 'What could be causing this'? and examining beyond the surface of …

Developing and evaluating health interventions for the benefit of patients is notoriously
difficult. This also applies to the discipline of nursing, owing to the complexity of nursing …

Realist evaluation submits that theories and models of how, why, for whom and under what
circumstances programs work could be formulated by conceptualizing the relational links …

Introduction: Transcendental realism, the philosophical perspective dealing with the
existence of causal powers governed by universal laws of nature, provides a useful …

Background Nursing presence has been viewed as a valuable way to create therapeutic
relationships and has been linked to better health outcomes for patients and families …

Purpose: Identifying factors associated with physical activity after dysvascular lower limb
amputation (LLA) could provide targets for improving rehabilitation outcomes. The purpose …

The idea of agency has long been used in the nursing literature in the study of nurses' roles
regarding the patients they take care of, but it has not often been used to study its …

This initial report of a longitudinal study of 192 English hospital nurses measured Nursing
Values (the 6Cs of nursing); Personality, Self-Esteem and Depression; Burnout Potential; …

Aims To investigate nursing and allied health professional perceptions of the
interrelationship between avoidable hospital readmissions and fundamental care delivery …