Full Description
This is a concise, step-by-step guide to conducting qualitative nursing research using various forms of data analysis. It is part of a unique series of books devoted to seven different qualitative designs and methods in nursing, written for both novice researchers and specialists seeking to develop or expand their competency. This practical resource encompasses such methodologies as content analysis, a means of organizing and interpreting data to elicit themes and concepts; discourse analysis, used to analyze language to understand social or historical context; narrative analysis, in which the researcher seeks to understand human experience through participant stories; and focus groups and case studies, used to understand the consensus of a group or the experience of an individual and his or her reaction to a difficult situation such as disease or trauma.
Written by a noted qualitative research scholar and contributing experts, the book describes the philosophical basis for conducting research using data analysis and delivers an in-depth plan for applying its methodologies to a particular study, including appropriate methods, ethical considerations, and potential challenges. It presents practical strategies for solving problems related to the conduct of research using the various forms of data analysis and presents a rich array of case examples from published nursing research. These include author analyses to support readers in decision making regarding their own projects. The book embraces such varied topics as data security in qualitative research, the image of nursing in science fiction literature, the trajectory of research in several nursing studies throughout Africa, and many others. Focused on the needs of both novice researchers and specialists, it will be of value to health institution research divisions, in-service educators and students, and graduate nursing educators and students.
Key Features:
Explains how to conduct nursing research using content analysis, discourse analysis, narrative analysis, and focus groups and case studies
Presents state-of-the-art designs and protocols
Focuses on solving practical problems related to the conduct of research
Features rich nursing exemplars in a variety of health/mental health clinical settings in the United States and internationally
Contents
Contributors
Foreword Linda Roussel, PhD, RN
Series Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Qualitative Data Analysis
Jennifer B. Averill
2 Data Security in Qualitative Research
Grady D. Barnhill and Elizabeth A. Barnhill
3 Stories of Caring for Others by Nursing Students in Cameroon, Africa
Mary Bi Suh Atanga and Sarah Hall Gueldner
4 The Image of Nursing in the Science-Fiction Literature
Linda Wright Thompson
5 African Indigenous Methodology in Qualitative Research: The Lekgotla—A Holistic Approach of Data Collection and Analysis Intertwined
Abel Jacobus Pienaar
6 Understanding Talk and Texts: Discourse Analysis for Nursing Research
Jennifer Smith-Merry
7 Exploring Discourse in Context: Discussion of the Use of Foucauldian Discourse Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis to Compare Managerial and Organizational Discourses
Susan L. Johnson
8 Narrative Analysis: A Qualitative Method for Positive Social Change
Michelle M. McKelvey
9 Learning From Others: Writing a Qualitative Dissertation
Judith Hold
10 Key Informant Interviews and Focus Groups
Gloria Ann Jones Taylor and Barbara Jean Blake
11 Using Focus Group Discussion to Investigate Perceptions of Sexual Risk Compensation Following Posttrial HIV Vaccine Uptake Among Young South Africans
Catherine MacPhail
12 Data Analysis: The World Café
Magdalena P. Koen, Emmerentia du Plessis, and Vicki Koen
Appendix A List of Journals That Publish Qualitative Research
Mary de Chesnay
Appendix B Essential Elements for a Qualitative Proposal
Tommie Nelms
Appendix C Writing Qualitative Research Proposals
Joan L. Bottorff
Appendix D Outline for a Research Proposal
Mary de Chesnay
Index
