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The journey of positioning self as both mental health nurse and qualitative researcher: A critical reflection
Brunero, Scott Jeon, Yun-Hee Foster, Kim Narelle
Brunero, Scott
Jeon, Yun-Hee
Foster, Kim Narelle
Abstract
Shifting between the positions of a mental health nurse clinician and a qualitative researcher has some parallels to the processes in the nurse–service user relationship. This paper addresses this development from practitioner to researcher in one mental health nurse's journey through a PhD study using constructivist grounded theory. The paper examines theoretical and professional drives that have shaped my clinical practice and the role of the researcher in constructivist grounded theory, the notion of the researcher shifting between insider and outsider status, and the importance of reflexivity in conducting research. These influences will be discussed in the context of the development of a constructivist grounded theory study of the delivery of health care to service users with a mental illness in general hospital wards.
Keywords
clinician, constructivism, constructivist grounded theory, mentalhealth nursing, reflexivity
Date
2015
Type
Journal article
Journal
Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
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Volume
22
Issue
7
Page Range
543-548
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ACU Department
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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