Background Interventions that have a better than random chance of increasing nurses' use
of research are important to the delivery of quality patient care. However, few reports exist of …

Hermeneutic‐phenomenology: providing living knowledge for nursing practice The
phenomenological approach has gained popularity among nurse researchers as an …

This text presents state-of-the-art methods for developing concepts appropriate for nursing. It
offers a wide array of approaches to concept development, ranging from the classic to the …

Aims and objectives. This aim of this study was designed to investigate how a select cohort
of nursing students experienced their first practice placement in a large Irish teaching …

Aim. This paper reports a critical review of nursing organizational culture research studies
with the objectives of:(1) reviewing theoretical and methodological characteristics of the …

Reflection: nursing's practice and education panacea? Nurses are now directed to 'reflect
effectively and practice reflectively'. When there is scant evidence to support the use of …

Possibilities for critical social theory and Foucault's work: a toolbox approach The benefits
and constraints of philosophical frameworks using the work of Michel Foucault and critical …

Although informatics is an important area of nursing inquiry and practice, few scholars have
articulated the philosophical foundations of the field or how these translate into practice …

Rethinking ethnography: reconstructing nursing relationships Aims of the study. Critical
ethnography is being adopted increasingly by nurses as a legitimate form of research …

Context has often been cited as a significant factor in shaping research utilization behavior,
yet scholars have been unable to provide specific detail as to how and why it is important …