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

249 Pages·2014·2.26 MB·English

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in the United States and internationally Mary de Chesnay
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Nursing Research
Using Data Analysis
Mary de Chesnay, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, is professor at Kennesaw State
University, School of Nursing, Kennesaw, Georgia. She has received 13 research grants
and has authored two books: Sex Traffi cking: A Clinical Guide for Nurses (Springer
Publishing) and the AJN Book of the Year Award winner, Caring for the Vulnerable:
Perspectives in Nursing Theory, Practice and Research, now in its third edition (with a
fourth edition to be published in 2015). Dr. de Chesnay has published over 21 journal
articles in Q ualitative Health Research, Journal of Nursing Management, International
Journal of Medicine & Law, and others. A former dean and endowed chair, she reviews
for a variety of professional journals. Dr. de Chesnay is a noted expert on qualitative
research and a founding member and fi rst vice president of the Southern Nursing
Research Society.
Nursing Research
Using Data Analysis
Qualitative Designs and Methods
in Nursing
Mary de Chesnay, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN
Editor
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QUALITATIVE DESIGNS AND METHODS IN NURSING
Mary de Chesnay, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, Series Editor
Nursing Research Using Ethnography: Qualitative Designs and Methods
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Nursing Research Using Life History: Qualitative Designs and Methods
in Nursing
Nursing Research Using Phenomenology: Qualitative Designs and Methods
in Nursing
Nursing Research Using Historical Methods: Qualitative Designs and Methods
in Nursing
Nursing Research Using Participatory Action Research: Qualitative Designs 
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Nursing Research Using Data Analysis: Qualitative Designs and Methods
in Nursing
For Sara Arneson, an outstanding clinical instructor and strong student
advocate who saved my nursing career
—MdC
Contents
Contributors ix
Foreword Linda Roussel, PhD, RN xv
Series Foreword xvii
Preface xxiii
Acknowledgments xxv
Share Nursing Research Using Data Analysis: Qualitative
Designs and Methods in Nursing
1 Qualitative Data Analysis 1
Jennifer B. Averill
2 Data Security in Qualitative Research 11
Grady D. Barnhill and Elizabeth A. Barnhill
3 Stories of Caring for Others by Nursing Students in Cameroon,
Africa 19
Mary Bi Suh Atanga and Sarah Hall Gueldner
4 The Image of Nursing in the Science-Fiction Literature 37
Linda Wright Thompson
5 African Indigenous Methodology in Qualitative Research:
The  Lekgotla—A Holistic Approach of Data Collection and
Analysis Intertwined 57
Abel Jacobus Pienaar
6 Understanding Talk and Texts: Discourse Analysis for Nursing
Research 71
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 87
Susan L. Johnson
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8 Narrative Analysis: A Qualitative Method for Positive Social
Change 99
Michelle M. McKelvey
9 Learning From Others: Writing a Qualitative Dissertation 117
Judith Hold
10 Key Informant Interviews and Focus Groups 153
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 167
Catherine MacPhail
12 Data Analysis: The World Café 181
Magdalena P. Koen, Emmerentia du Plessis, and Vicki Koen
Appendix A List of Journals That Publish Qualitative Research 197
Mary de Chesnay
Appendix B Essential Elements for a Qualitative Proposal 201
Tommie Nelms
Appendix C Writing Qualitative Research Proposals 203
Joan L. Bottorff
Appendix D Outline for a Research Proposal 211
Mary de Chesnay
Index 215
Contributors
Jennifer B. Averill, PhD, RN, is associate professor of nursing at the University
of New Mexico College of Nursing. She has been involved in researching rural
health issues for more than 20 years, bringing to the forefront the unique con-
sideration of health care access challenges faced by older adults; community
partnership models for describing, analyzing, and addressing community-level
health disparities for older adults; and transcultural considerations for older
adults living in remote regions near international borders. She is a senior fellow
at the New Mexico Center for the Advancement of Research Engagement and
Science (NM CARES), which is a National Institutes of Health and National
Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities funded center at the Uni-
versity of New Mexico. She has developed and maintains the Qualitative Café,
an open qualitative research forum for faculty members and students at the
University of New Mexico. She is facilitator of a qualitative methods research
cluster and a rural–vulnerable populations group at the Western Institute of
Nursing (WIN), and has developed and taught courses in rural and cultural
health, critical ethnography and community-based participatory research
(CBPR), qualitative methods, and nursing theory development.
Elizabeth A. Barnhill, RN, MSN, began her nursing career as a U.S. Navy
Nurse Corps offi cer, serving 10 years in various nursing assignments through-
out the country. She completed her master of science in nursing degree with
an emphasis on nursing informatics. Currently, Ms. Barnhill works in patient
safety and quality as a surgical clinical reviewer for surgical outcomes. She
is in the process of completing her dissertation toward a DNS degree from
Kennesaw State University.
Grady D. Barnhill, LCDR, USN (Ret.), started his career as a special opera-
tions offi cer in the U. S. Navy, and has over 30 years experience working in
secure environments, handling highly classifi ed documents and digital infor-
mation. He was involved in the development, training, and deployment of
the elite marine mammal program. Recently completing a 20-year career as a