Nurse Researcher
Editorial
EDITOR
Leslie Gelling PhD, MA, BSc(Hons), RN, FRSA Email: [email protected]
Learning from experience
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Denis Anthony PhD, MSc, BA(Hons) RMN, RN (Canada) SRN Professor of nursing, De Montfort University, UK Steven Campbell PhD, BNurs, RN, RSCN, RHV, NDN Cert, FRSH Head of school of health, University of New England, Australia Sally Dampier BScN, RN, MMedSc, SRM, RSCN, PGDE Professor, Confederation College, Ontario, Canada Linu Sara George PhD, MSc(Nurs), MS(Coun&Psych) Professor of mental health nursing and head of the department of fundamentals of nursing, Manipal University, Karnataka, India Kate Gerrish PhD, MSc, BNurs, RN Professor of nursing research, University of Sheffield, UK Caroline Gunnell MSc(Clin), MSc(Prof), RN Co-director Essex and Hertfordshire, CLRN and clinical lead Primary Care Research Network, East of England, UK Desley Hegney PhD, BA(Hons), RN, Dip Nurse Ed Winthrop professor of nursing, University of Western Australia and Centre for Nursing Research Barbara Jack PhD, MSc, BSc(Econ), RCN, RNT, PGDE Head of research and scholarship, Faculty of Health, Edge Hill University, UK Maria Jirwe PhD, RN Senior lecturer, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Athena Kalokerinou-Anagnostopoulou PhD, BSc, RN Associate professor in community nursing, University of Athens, Greece Ann McMahon PhD, MSc, BSc, RMN, RGM Royal College of Nursing research and innovation adviser Dave O’Carroll BA(Hons) Information manager, RCN R&D Co-ordinating Centre, UK Debra Salmon PhD, MSc, BA, SCPHN, HV, RNA, RNC, LPE Professor of nursing research, University of the West of England Bristol, UK Julie Taylor PhD, MSc, BSc(Hons), RN Head of strategy and development, NSPCC Centre for Learning in Child Protection Alison Twycross PhD, MSc, RGN, RMN, RSCN, DMS, CertEd(HE) Head of department for children’s nursing and reader in children’s pain management, London South Bank University Frances Kam Yuet Wong PhD RN Professor and associate dean, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Jiang Xiaolian PhD Associate director, West China School of Nursing/Department of Nursing, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
At Nurse Researcher we try to ensure that the papers we publish are accessible to all those engaged in research, and particularly to nurses new to the process. Libraries and journals are full of material describing the differences between different schools of phenomenology, providing historical accounts of how Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss adopted divergent views on conducting grounded theory research, or describing what statistical tests should be used to establish correlations within data sets. What makes Nurse Researcher different is that we publish so many papers that draw on nurses’ experiences of undertaking research in the real world, and that is particularly evident in this issue. The main theme is action research and the authors of the two papers, Sullivan et al and Bevan (page 8 onwards), have offered a useful and practical insight into how they promote participant engagement in two very different projects, as the commentary on page 6 shows. In another paper, Jessiman (page 18) explores some of the practical issues around participant recruitment to
Little is written about problems encountered when recruiting to qualitative research, or to other forms of research more generally
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Leslie Gelling Editor
qualitative research. The author makes the point that little is written about problems encountered when recruiting to qualitative research, or to other forms of research more generally. This is possibly because of journal word limits and authors not wanting to highlight problems encountered in the conduct of their research. This paper offers an insightful overview of the author’s experience in recruiting to a qualitative study in general practice. As mentioned previously, much has been written about different approaches to analysing phenomenological data. Forster’s paper (page 30) draws on personal doctoral research to offer readers a practical insight into choosing between two analytical approaches. All of these four papers offer so much more than even the best research methods textbook; they provide personal experience and practical application. So much can be learned from the experiences of others, and we hope to continue supplying our readers with many similar experiential papers in future editions. Leslie Gelling is reader in research ethics at the Faculty of Health and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
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Editorial
EDITOR
Leslie Gelling PhD, MA, BSc(Hons), RN, FRSA Email: [email protected]
Learning from experience
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Denis Anthony PhD, MSc, BA(Hons) RMN, RN (Canada) SRN Professor of nursing, De Montfort University, UK Steven Campbell PhD, BNurs, RN, RSCN, RHV, NDN Cert, FRSH Head of school of health, University of New England, Australia Sally Dampier BScN, RN, MMedSc, SRM, RSCN, PGDE Professor, Confederation College, Ontario, Canada Linu Sara George PhD, MSc(Nurs), MS(Coun&Psych) Professor of mental health nursing and head of the department of fundamentals of nursing, Manipal University, Karnataka, India Kate Gerrish PhD, MSc, BNurs, RN Professor of nursing research, University of Sheffield, UK Caroline Gunnell MSc(Clin), MSc(Prof), RN Co-director Essex and Hertfordshire, CLRN and clinical lead Primary Care Research Network, East of England, UK Desley Hegney PhD, BA(Hons), RN, Dip Nurse Ed Winthrop professor of nursing, University of Western Australia and Centre for Nursing Research Barbara Jack PhD, MSc, BSc(Econ), RCN, RNT, PGDE Head of research and scholarship, Faculty of Health, Edge Hill University, UK Maria Jirwe PhD, RN Senior lecturer, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Athena Kalokerinou-Anagnostopoulou PhD, BSc, RN Associate professor in community nursing, University of Athens, Greece Ann McMahon PhD, MSc, BSc, RMN, RGM Royal College of Nursing research and innovation adviser Dave O’Carroll BA(Hons) Information manager, RCN R&D Co-ordinating Centre, UK Debra Salmon PhD, MSc, BA, SCPHN, HV, RNA, RNC, LPE Professor of nursing research, University of the West of England Bristol, UK Julie Taylor PhD, MSc, BSc(Hons), RN Head of strategy and development, NSPCC Centre for Learning in Child Protection Alison Twycross PhD, MSc, RGN, RMN, RSCN, DMS, CertEd(HE) Head of department for children’s nursing and reader in children’s pain management, London South Bank University Frances Kam Yuet Wong PhD RN Professor and associate dean, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Jiang Xiaolian PhD Associate director, West China School of Nursing/Department of Nursing, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
At Nurse Researcher we try to ensure that the papers we publish are accessible to all those engaged in research, and particularly to nurses new to the process. Libraries and journals are full of material describing the differences between different schools of phenomenology, providing historical accounts of how Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss adopted divergent views on conducting grounded theory research, or describing what statistical tests should be used to establish correlations within data sets. What makes Nurse Researcher different is that we publish so many papers that draw on nurses’ experiences of undertaking research in the real world, and that is particularly evident in this issue. The main theme is action research and the authors of the two papers, Sullivan et al and Bevan (page 8 onwards), have offered a useful and practical insight into how they promote participant engagement in two very different projects, as the commentary on page 6 shows. In another paper, Jessiman (page 18) explores some of the practical issues around participant recruitment to
Little is written about problems encountered when recruiting to qualitative research, or to other forms of research more generally
© RCN PUBLISHING / NURSE RESEARCHER
Leslie Gelling Editor
qualitative research. The author makes the point that little is written about problems encountered when recruiting to qualitative research, or to other forms of research more generally. This is possibly because of journal word limits and authors not wanting to highlight problems encountered in the conduct of their research. This paper offers an insightful overview of the author’s experience in recruiting to a qualitative study in general practice. As mentioned previously, much has been written about different approaches to analysing phenomenological data. Forster’s paper (page 30) draws on personal doctoral research to offer readers a practical insight into choosing between two analytical approaches. All of these four papers offer so much more than even the best research methods textbook; they provide personal experience and practical application. So much can be learned from the experiences of others, and we hope to continue supplying our readers with many similar experiential papers in future editions. Leslie Gelling is reader in research ethics at the Faculty of Health and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
November 2013 | Volume 21 | Number 2
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