Qualitative Nursing Research

Enhances understanding of the humna health experience makes sense of phenomena

People live duh

Naturalistic- perspective of the world in which truth is seen as dynamic and seen in real context emergent- openess to adapting inquiry as udnerstanding deepens

Realisty exists inquirer independent, not influenced values and biases in check seeks generalization, quantifiable info researchers hunches

Realisty is multiple and subjective inquirer interacts with participants bias is inevitable seeks patterns, narrative info, grounded experience

Discovers meaning the what and how participants are experts of their lives brings new concepts

Explores na dunderstands informants subjective knowledge in field for long time participants meaning(subjective value) strive to understand the whole ongoing analysis theoritical lens

Naturalistic research setting emergent design researcher participant interaction researcher is the research instrument (interpretive inquiry)

What is the culture of the group? focus is on describing and interpreting the cultural social norm provides a 'thick description" N=15-20ppl 6mos-1yr

Phenomenology

Ethnography

What is the meaning, or essence of the lived experience of this phenomena? understanding the essence of the experience philosophy-HUSSERLS, HEIDEGGER psychology, sociology aim-essence N=no more than 10pl bracketing

Produces knowledge thorugh collaboration with groups that are vulnerable to control or oppresion

Sufficiency and quality of data provides data without thin spots

Degree to which the method of selection and choice of informants are congruent with the purpose of the study