Quality Nursing Research Paper
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JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Quality nursing care in the words of nurses
Linda Maas Burhans & Martha Raile Alligood
Accepted for publication 19 March 2010
Correspondence to L.M. Burhans: e-mail: linda.burhans@gmail.com
Linda Maas Burhans PhD RN CPHQ
Associate Executive Director of Education and Practice
North Carolina Board of Nursing and
Adjunct Faculty, East Carolina University
College of Nursing, Wilson, NC, USA
Martha Raile Alligood PhD RN ANEF
Professor and Director of PhD Program
East Carolina University College of Nursing,
Greenville, NC, USA
B U R H A N S L . M . & A L L I G O O D M . R . ( 2 0 1 0 ) Quality nursing care in the words of nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing 66(8), 1689–1697.
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While thematic trends and similarities began emerging after the first six interviews, a total of 12 interviews were completed to fully assure
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saturation. Participants were renamed with pseudonyms to ensure confidentiality.
All participants were female, with an average age of
37Æ5 years (range = 25–52 years). One was African American and the others were White. They had from 3 to 24 years’
(mean = 11Æ6 years) nursing experience and 1 to 12 years’
(mean = 5Æ2 years) experience in their assigned units. Seven had practised for an average of 10 years (range = 4–21 years) at the associate degree nursing (ADN) level prior to completing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree.
Data collection
Data were collected through a single, tape-recorded, focused interview of approximately 40 minutes with each participant.
Interviews were conducted privately and confidentially in early 2008 by the same interviewer, either face-to-face or by telephone. The researcher (LMB) personally conducted all interviews and completed the process of
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Quality nursing care in the words of nurses
Linda Maas Burhans & Martha Raile Alligood
Accepted for publication 19 March 2010
Correspondence to L.M. Burhans: e-mail: linda.burhans@gmail.com
Linda Maas Burhans PhD RN CPHQ
Associate Executive Director of Education and Practice
North Carolina Board of Nursing and
Adjunct Faculty, East Carolina University
College of Nursing, Wilson, NC, USA
Martha Raile Alligood PhD RN ANEF
Professor and Director of PhD Program
East Carolina University College of Nursing,
Greenville, NC, USA
B U R H A N S L . M . & A L L I G O O D M . R . ( 2 0 1 0 ) Quality nursing care in the words of nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing 66(8), 1689–1697.
doi: …show more content…
While thematic trends and similarities began emerging after the first six interviews, a total of 12 interviews were completed to fully assure
Ó 2010 The Authors. Journal compilation Ó 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
1691
L.M. Burhans and M.R. Alligood
saturation. Participants were renamed with pseudonyms to ensure confidentiality.
All participants were female, with an average age of
37Æ5 years (range = 25–52 years). One was African American and the others were White. They had from 3 to 24 years’
(mean = 11Æ6 years) nursing experience and 1 to 12 years’
(mean = 5Æ2 years) experience in their assigned units. Seven had practised for an average of 10 years (range = 4–21 years) at the associate degree nursing (ADN) level prior to completing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree.
Data collection
Data were collected through a single, tape-recorded, focused interview of approximately 40 minutes with each participant.
Interviews were conducted privately and confidentially in early 2008 by the same interviewer, either face-to-face or by telephone. The researcher (LMB) personally conducted all interviews and completed the process of