{"title":"Choosing an Analytical Approach in Narrative Inquiry.","authors":"Ahtisham Younas, Shahzad Inayat","doi":"10.1177/10784535251360782","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Narrative inquiry focuses on gathering a comprehensive account of individuals' life experiences and their life stories. This editorial is the third in a series titled \"Focus on Qualitative Data Analysis.\" The aim of this editorial is to provide researchers with guidance on choosing appropriate methods of analyses for undertaking narrative inquiry. Previous articles in this series addressed case studies and phenomenology. Future articles will focus on qualitative description and ethnography.</p>","PeriodicalId":54104,"journal":{"name":"Creative Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"315-317"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Creative Nursing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10784535251360782","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/7/22 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"NURSING","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Narrative inquiry focuses on gathering a comprehensive account of individuals' life experiences and their life stories. This editorial is the third in a series titled "Focus on Qualitative Data Analysis." The aim of this editorial is to provide researchers with guidance on choosing appropriate methods of analyses for undertaking narrative inquiry. Previous articles in this series addressed case studies and phenomenology. Future articles will focus on qualitative description and ethnography.
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Creative Nursing is an issue focused journal, unique in its recognition of the values inherent in the nursing profession. Excellence and professionalism are not exclusive to any one discipline or specialty, and the editors of Creative Nursing are dedicated to developing nursing leaders at all levels and in all settings. Today"s health care institutions need creative and innovative solutions. Nurses need to think creatively, to experiment, to take risks, and to innovate. Creative Nursing promotes best practices in all aspects of caring--caring for self, patients, families, colleagues, and communities.