Nursing Research Using Data Analysis: Qualitative Designs and Methods in Nursing

by Mary De Chesnay PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN (Editor)

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826126894
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	12/05/2014
Series:	Qualitative Designs and Methods
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Mary de Chesnay, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, is professor at Kennesaw State University, School of Nursing, Kennesaw, Georgia.

Table of Contents

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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 LekgotlaóA 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 CafÈ

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

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