Iseult M. Wilson, Nikki Daniels, P. Gillen, K. Casson
{"title":"Perspectives on reporting non-verbal interactions from the contemporary research focus group.","authors":"Iseult M. Wilson, Nikki Daniels, P. Gillen, K. Casson","doi":"10.7748/nr.2022.e1828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.2022.e1828","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000The main defining attribute that delineates focus groups from other methods of collecting data is that data are generated through participants communicating with each other rather than solely with the group moderator. The way in which interactions take place across group interviews and focus groups varies, yet both are referred to as focus groups, resulting in a broad umbrella term for its numerous manifestations.\u0000\u0000\u0000AIM\u0000To reflect on how focus groups are adopted and reported, including the use of the term 'focus group'.\u0000\u0000\u0000DISCUSSION\u0000The authors recognise that the term 'focus group' is sometimes used synonymously with 'group interview' but argue that this practice must be challenged. They suggest using terms that indicate the type of space and synchronicity of the focus group, prefixed with 'in-person' or 'conventional' to identify traditional focus groups. They also suggest separating virtual group interviews into 'synchronous' and 'asynchronous', based on whether the participants and researchers can engage with each other in real time.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSION\u0000There is a need for qualitative researchers to reach a consensus about the nature of focus groups and group interviews, as well as where their differences and similarities lie.\u0000\u0000\u0000IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE\u0000The authors hope to encourage nurse researchers to think about these issues when labelling, planning, analysing and reporting studies involving focus groups.","PeriodicalId":47412,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Researcher","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43989834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurse ResearcherPub Date : 2022-03-10Epub Date: 2022-02-03DOI: 10.7748/nr.2022.e1818
Louise Condon, Jolana Curejova, Donna Leeanne Morgan, Glenn Miles, Denise Barry, Deborah Fenlon
{"title":"Public involvement in participatory research: the experiences of peer interviewers from Roma, Gypsy and Traveller communities.","authors":"Louise Condon, Jolana Curejova, Donna Leeanne Morgan, Glenn Miles, Denise Barry, Deborah Fenlon","doi":"10.7748/nr.2022.e1818","DOIUrl":"10.7748/nr.2022.e1818","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>A vital component of research is patient and public involvement (PPI). The challenges of PPI increase when conducting cross-cultural research into sensitive subjects with marginalised ethnic minority groups.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To present the authors' reflections on conducting peer interviews with members of Roma, Gypsy and Traveller communities.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The authors provide examples of reflections on collecting data from a participatory research project that explored Gypsies, Roma and Travellers' experiences of cancer in their communities. They derived the reflections from audio-recorded, post-interview debriefs with co-researchers from the same ethnic backgrounds as interviewees ('peer researchers'). The main challenges for the peer researchers were cultural, linguistic and pragmatic, all fundamentally related to exploring a sensitive health topic through the lens of ethnicity.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Peer researchers recognised their role in building bridges between participants and the research team. They did this by establishing a relationship of trust, minimising distress, representing the views of their communities and obtaining data to meet the aims of the project. Peer researchers perform multiple roles to assist in cross-cultural data collection in participatory research.</p><p><strong>Implications for practice: </strong>This article highlights underexplored aspects of peer researchers' work that have implications for the planning and conduct of cross-cultural research with marginalised groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":47412,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Researcher","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39581331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Top tips for using social media in research","authors":"C. Stephen, L. Halcomb","doi":"10.7748/nr.30.1.6.s2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.30.1.6.s2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47412,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Researcher","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42291008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annelysse Jorgenson, Reginaldo Adalberto Luz, Luize Fábrega Juskevicius, Maria Clara Padoveze, Lesley Price
{"title":"The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research: a reflection on researchers' experiences of its benefits and challenges and the lessons learnt from using it.","authors":"Annelysse Jorgenson, Reginaldo Adalberto Luz, Luize Fábrega Juskevicius, Maria Clara Padoveze, Lesley Price","doi":"10.7748/nr.2022.e1827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.2022.e1827","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In healthcare implementation research, there is little discussion of researchers' experiences of using frameworks, including the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR).</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To identify and discuss the benefits and challenges encountered and the lessons learnt from researchers' experiences of using the CFIR in different contexts and phases of research.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>This article synthesises the reflections of nursing and public health researchers on their experiences of using the CFIR across four separate healthcare-associated infection prevention and control implementation studies. The CFIR's benefits and challenges, the resolutions to these challenges and the lessons learnt from the application of the framework were discussed.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Identified benefits included the framework's adaptability and flexibility, and its provision of structure and shared language for research. Translation to another language and differentiating between domains and constructs were challenges.</p><p><strong>Implications for practice: </strong>Nurse researchers may find this article useful when considering use of the CFIR, or to anticipate and prepare to overcome the challenges highlighted when using the framework.</p>","PeriodicalId":47412,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Researcher","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139425734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annelysse Jorgenson, Reginaldo Adalberto Luz, Luize Fábrega Juskevicius, Maria Clara Padoveze, Lesley Price
{"title":"The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research: a reflection on researchers' experiences of its benefits and challenges and the lessons learnt from using it.","authors":"Annelysse Jorgenson, Reginaldo Adalberto Luz, Luize Fábrega Juskevicius, Maria Clara Padoveze, Lesley Price","doi":"10.7748/nr.2022.e1827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.2022.e1827","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In healthcare implementation research, there is little discussion of researchers' experiences of using frameworks, including the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR).</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To identify and discuss the benefits and challenges encountered and the lessons learnt from researchers' experiences of using the CFIR in different contexts and phases of research.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>This article synthesises the reflections of nursing and public health researchers on their experiences of using the CFIR across four separate healthcare-associated infection prevention and control implementation studies. The CFIR's benefits and challenges, the resolutions to these challenges and the lessons learnt from the application of the framework were discussed.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Identified benefits included the framework's adaptability and flexibility, and its provision of structure and shared language for research. Translation to another language and differentiating between domains and constructs were challenges.</p><p><strong>Implications for practice: </strong>Nurse researchers may find this article useful when considering use of the CFIR, or to anticipate and prepare to overcome the challenges highlighted when using the framework.</p>","PeriodicalId":47412,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Researcher","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9521877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurse ResearcherPub Date : 2022-03-10Epub Date: 2022-01-06DOI: 10.7748/nr.2022.e1809
Philip John Archard, Michelle O'Reilly
{"title":"One size does not fit all - overcoming barriers to participant recruitment in qualitative research.","authors":"Philip John Archard, Michelle O'Reilly","doi":"10.7748/nr.2022.e1809","DOIUrl":"10.7748/nr.2022.e1809","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>It can be challenging to recruit participants for qualitative research. Recruitment can be affected by factors such as systemic barriers, as well as potential participants being reluctant to enrol in research they view as time-consuming and burdensome - particularly research exploring sensitive topics.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To analyse and describe the implementation of multiple recruitment strategies used to overcome the recruitment barriers in a qualitative study exploring the use of physical restraints during mechanical ventilation in intensive care.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Recruitment strategies that are helpful for one study may not be successful in another. Qualitative researchers may face many recruitment challenges specific to the contexts of their studies. Overcoming these challenges can be costly, time-consuming and often frustrating, so it is important that researchers develop qualities and skills that enable them to navigate these barriers.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Nurse researchers must consider the contexts of their target populations and tailor their recruitment strategies to the populations' needs. They must also be flexible, innovative and persistent in their approach, despite the challenges they face.</p><p><strong>Implications for practice: </strong>This paper provides insights into the recruitment barriers faced during a qualitative study and possible solutions. These insights can guide nurse researchers facing similar challenges in qualitative research.</p>","PeriodicalId":47412,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Researcher","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39666316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurse ResearcherPub Date : 2022-03-10Epub Date: 2022-03-03DOI: 10.7748/nr.2022.e1827
Annelysse Jorgenson, Reginaldo Adalberto Luz, Luize Fábrega Juskevicius, Maria Clara Padoveze, Lesley Price
{"title":"The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research: a reflection on researchers' experiences of its benefits and challenges and the lessons learnt from using it.","authors":"Annelysse Jorgenson, Reginaldo Adalberto Luz, Luize Fábrega Juskevicius, Maria Clara Padoveze, Lesley Price","doi":"10.7748/nr.2022.e1827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.2022.e1827","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In healthcare implementation research, there is little discussion of researchers' experiences of using frameworks, including the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR).</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To identify and discuss the benefits and challenges encountered and the lessons learnt from researchers' experiences of using the CFIR in different contexts and phases of research.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>This article synthesises the reflections of nursing and public health researchers on their experiences of using the CFIR across four separate healthcare-associated infection prevention and control implementation studies. The CFIR's benefits and challenges, the resolutions to these challenges and the lessons learnt from the application of the framework were discussed.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Identified benefits included the framework's adaptability and flexibility, and its provision of structure and shared language for research. Translation to another language and differentiating between domains and constructs were challenges.</p><p><strong>Implications for practice: </strong>Nurse researchers may find this article useful when considering use of the CFIR, or to anticipate and prepare to overcome the challenges highlighted when using the framework.</p>","PeriodicalId":47412,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Researcher","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139479188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurse ResearcherPub Date : 2022-03-10Epub Date: 2022-02-17DOI: 10.7748/nr.2022.e1816
Ha Thi Mai, Steven He, Evan Alexandrou, Steven Alfred Frost
{"title":"An introduction to Bayes' theorem and examples of its application to a diagnostic test and a clinical trial.","authors":"Ha Thi Mai, Steven He, Evan Alexandrou, Steven Alfred Frost","doi":"10.7748/nr.2022.e1816","DOIUrl":"10.7748/nr.2022.e1816","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Bayesian approach to updating scientific knowledge involves using a probability distribution to describe a prior belief concerning an outcome of interest and combines this with some new information to create a posterior probability distribution to describe the updated current knowledge.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To introduce the application of Bayes' theorem, using the conditional probability example of the Monty Hall problem and two examples of the clinical application of a Bayesian approach.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Bayesian approaches enable the incorporation of prior knowledge into the interpretation of research findings and summaries of evidence to date. Bayesian approaches are being incorporated into most clinical trials.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Bayesian approaches to interpreting the results of a diagnostic test and a clinical trial highlight the utility of these approaches to clinical nursing and the application of evidence-based practice.</p><p><strong>Implications for practice: </strong>Stimulation of an understanding and interest in the Bayesian approach among nurse researchers should lead to its wider application in nursing research.</p>","PeriodicalId":47412,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Researcher","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39931232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Finding the best mentor fit could prove to be vital","authors":"","doi":"10.7748/nr.30.1.5.s1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.30.1.5.s1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47412,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Researcher","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49042152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Email correspondence, interpretation and the psychoanalytically informed research interview.","authors":"Philip John Archard, Michelle O'Reilly","doi":"10.7748/nr.2022.e1809","DOIUrl":"10.7748/nr.2022.e1809","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Approaching qualitative interviews using principles drawn from psychoanalytic therapy can assist nurse researchers in developing nuanced accounts of participants' and their own subjectivity. Yet, doing so means confronting questions about the use of psychoanalytic concepts and techniques outside the traditional clinical context of the consulting room.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To consider the researcher's interpretive involvement when a psychoanalytically informed interview approach is used with specific reference to email correspondence as a form of interpretive intervention.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The authors describe the experience of completing a study involving a psychoanalytically informed interview approach. The interpretive quality of email correspondence is illustrated via reference to the case of one study participant for whom this correspondence appeared to help in the level of insight afforded overall.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>When using a psychoanalytically informed interview approach, researchers should consider emails delineating topics for discussion in follow-up interviews as a form of interpretive intervention.</p><p><strong>Implications for practice: </strong>Nurse researchers interested in this type of method should reflect on the interpretive function of email correspondence. Pre-participation and pre-interview dialogue with participants may be used to explore participants' views on the potentially therapeutic aspects of participation and what might be related to them of the researcher's understanding.</p>","PeriodicalId":47412,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Researcher","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39835517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}