Nurs Stand. 2015 Mar 04;29(27):44-9. doi: 10.7748/ns.29.27.44.e8745.
Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
Leslie Gelling
PMID: 25736674 DOI: 10.7748/ns.29.27.44.e8745
Research should be conducted in a systematic manner, allowing the researcher to progress from a general idea or clinical problem to scientifically rigorous research findings that enable new developments to improve clinical practice. Using a research process helps guide this process. This article is the first in a 26-part series on nursing research. It examines the process that is common to all research, and provides insights into ten different stages of this process: developing the research question, searching and evaluating the literature, selecting the research approach, selecting research methods, gaining access to the research site and data, pilot study, sampling and recruitment, data collection, data analysis, and dissemination of results and implementation of findings.
Keywords: Clinical nursing research; nursing research; qualitative research; quantitative research; research; research ethics; research methodology; research process; sampling
