A critical analysis of articles using a Gadamerian based research method.

abstract：:The Smart Home designed to extend older adults independence is emerging as a clinical solution to the growing ageing population. Nurses will and should play a key role in the development and application of Smart Home technology. Accordingly, conceptual frameworks are needed for nurse scientists who are collaborating w...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Dermody G,Fritz R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Qualitative inquiry into eating disorders is burgeoning, offering valuable and innovative insights into various aspects of the condition. This study used life-history interviews with 20 women who had recovered from anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or both and who had remained healthy. The interviews focused on the wo...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Patching J,Lawler J

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A central purpose is to examine the kind of knowledge that patient experience represents; its origin, properties and tenability. We will use the term insider knowledge to designate the knowledge, beliefs and viewpoints constructed by patients about their own illnesses and predicaments more generally. It is our content...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Strøm A,Kvernbekk T,Fagermoen MS

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper develops a framework for establishing rigour for a discourse analysis of professional transition in midwifery, theorised as a 'female professional project'. Discourse analysis has gained recognition as a useful approach in nursing and midwifery research. It provides an alternative to those qualitative appro...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Nixon A,Power C

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As arduous psychological reactions and loss of control almost inevitably represent a challenge for women diagnosed and treated for breast cancer, a participatory intervention study was initiated that aimed to enhance empowerment in breast cancer self-help groups. Women newly diagnosed with breast cancer were invited t...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Stang I,Mittelmark MB

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An anthropological approach to caring has much to offer practising health workers, especially nurses. While its attitude towards knowledge differs from that used in much traditional medical and clinical education, its capacity to draw on the observations and life experiences of both carers and those cared for in the d...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Collière MF

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This systematic review identified and evaluated instruments measuring patients' perceptions of patient-centred nursing care. Of 2629 studies reviewed, 12 were eligible for inclusion. Four instruments were reported: The Individualized Care Scale, the Client-Centred Care Questionnaire, the Oncology patients' Perceptions...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Köberich S,Farin E

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a paper in which I reflect on, and draw issues from, an unplanned ethnographic experience in a London laundromat. The concept of 'everyday life' has a kind of simple, even benign, quality. However, there are many events in everyday life that are complex and complicating. Everyday life can be mundane--boring ev...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Lawler J

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper is a critique of some research methods evident in contemporary nursing literature. The arguments derive from critical-feminist, humanist and ethical perspectives. As a consequence of investigating specific aspects of scientific method, an approach to research that is congruent with values intrinsic to an ho...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Horsfall JM

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to explore and illuminate the phenomenon of busyness as experienced by nurses. The daily work of nursing practice is often characterized by a hectic pace in the execution of tasks. Previous research shows that busyness can potentially lead to a reduction in the quality of nursing. Little h...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Govasli L,Solvoll BA

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meta-analysis was developed as a technique for combining the results of many different quantitative studies: it is often used to produce quantitative estimates of causal relations and/or association between variables. Meta-analysis is sometimes regarded as a central component of evidence-based practice. We draw attent...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Gregson PR,Meal AG,Avis M

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines narrative approaches to care within the context of dementia. It reviews the function of stories and explores some of the narrative genres that shape the cultural perceptions of dementia. We argue that narrative intelligence within healthcare is an important element in nurturing communal self-identi...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Witham G,Haigh C

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health care workers' (HCW) perceived epistemic authority (EA) may have an effect on patient decision-making and compliance. The present study investigated the hypotheses that higher EA is attributed to staff perceived to be experts; to physicians rather than nurses; to HCWs who recommend taking a test more than to the...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Barnoy S,Ofra L,Bar-Tal Y

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For nurses of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, cleanliness was often seen as a virtue next to godliness. For missionary nurses, this analogy took on multiple meanings. This study focuses on discourses of cleanliness at one site of missionary nursing in the early twentieth century: the Rehoboth Mission and...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Lagerwey MD

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concepts of discourse, subjectivity and power allow for innovative explorations in nursing research. Discourse take many different forms and may be maintained, transmitted, even imposed, in various ways. Nursing practice makes possible many discursive spaces where discourses intersect. Using a Foucauldian perspect...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Perron A,Holmes D

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally viewed as in opposition to palliative care, newer ideas about 'health-promoting palliative care' increasingly infuse the practices and philosophies of healthcare professionals, often invoking ideals of empowerment and participation in care and decision-making. The general tendency is to assume that empow...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Stajduhar K,Funk L,Jakobsson E,Ohlén J

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nursing scholars appropriate the analysis of discourse. "Discourse analysis" covers a wide spectrum of approaches to analysing meaning and language and there is no widely accepted definition of either a concept or an analysis of discourse. A sample of the discourse analyses indexed in the CINAHL database was analysed ...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Buus N

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we examine the notion of human agency in the context of women experiencing a chronic illness. Based on two qualitative studies conducted with Canadian women of Chinese- and Anglo-descent living with diabetes, we unmask the complex power relations inherent in patient-practitioner interactions, and problem...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Tang SY,Anderson JM

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Australia, debates over the appropriate length of undergraduate nursing programs have a long history. Submissions from both universities and industry to key government reports have consistently argued that the current minimum entry level of practice, a three-year program, is too short to enable students to gain the...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Kenny A,Carter L,Martin S,Williams S

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focuses on the meaningful encounters of patients and next of kin, as seen from their perspective. Identifying the attributes within meaningful encounters is important for increased understanding of caring and to expand and develop earlier formulated knowledge about caring relationships. Caring theory about ...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Gustafsson LK,Snellma I,Gustafsson C

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of innovation within organizations has been demonstrated on numerous occasions, which has subsequently led to the identification of effective leadership as a potential catalyst. Most of us would acknowledge that effective leadership plays a pivotal role to engender innovativeness among nursing staff. Al...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Masood M,Afsar B

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines gender-specific transformations of nursing practice in institutional mental health-care in Alberta, Canada, based on archival records on two psychiatric hospitals, Alberta Hospital Ponoka and Alberta Hospital Edmonton, and on oral histories with psychiatric mental health nurses in Alberta. The pape...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Boschma G,Yonge O,Mychajlunow L

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1997 Amnesty International reported that 115 out of 251 countries surveyed practised torture on their citizens. Many of these victims have been forced to flee their country of origin and become refugees in the West, in countries such as Australia, Canada, the UK and the United States. However, torture itself remain...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Racine-Welch T,Welch M

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes how an innocent venture outside the confines of academia to update my nursing skills completely changed the focus of my research. I was deeply involved in the theoretical development of my thesis, which I thought was a feminist exploration of the meaning of health for mid-life women. I was immerse...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Huntington A

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explore what it means to promote healthy sexuality for incarcerated women. We report upon the experiences of ten inmates in the Female Central Penitentiary of Santiago, Chile, regarding their sexuality within prison. We used a qualitative, descriptive research approach. Individual and semistructured interviews were...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Castro Madariaga FA,Gómez Garcés BE,Carrasco Parra A,Foster J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper is discussion of a new middle-range theory of patient safety goal priming via safety culture communication. Bedside nurses are key to safe care, but there is little theory about how organizations can influence nursing behavior through safety culture to improve patient safety outcomes. We theorize...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Groves PS,Bunch JL

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contemporary developments in nursing and health-care, which emphasise evidence-based and outcome-oriented practice often fail to recognise the centrality of the caring relationship in everyday practice. This paper aims to examine the therapeutic role of the nurse within the context of an increasingly technicalized and...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Stickley T,Freshwater D

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are socially constructed as more 'dirty' than other gynaecological conditions. This article analyses women's accounts of interactions with clinicians, subsequent to a diagnosis of genital herpes simplex virus or human papilloma virus. Women conceptualised consultations as a 'mora...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Cook C

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adverse health care events are a global public health issue despite major efforts, and they have been acknowledged as a complex concern. The aim of this study was to explore the construction of unsafe care using accounts of adverse events concerning the patient, as reported by patients, relatives, and health care prof...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： Gyberg A,Henoch I,Lepp M,Wijk H,Ulin K

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern Western societies are characterized by a considerable cultural and ethnic diversity whereby different groups and minorities live side by side. However, not all people are viewed in the same light by the autochthonous population. This is particularly true in the case of Muslim immigrants, who are often prone to ...

journal_title：Nursing inquiry

authors： González-Pascual JL,Esteban-Gonzalo L,Rodríguez-García M,Gómez-Cantarino S,Moreno-Preciado M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00