Nursing research: A marriage of theoretical influences

This study has a descriptive qualitative  design.MethodThis study complied with the Standard for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR). Data were collected from 61 PhD theses in nursing science published from 1994 –2015, at University of Edinburgh.ResultsTwenty of the PhD theses used theoretical approaches with a sociological perspective and 12 used a psychological perspective. Eighteen of the PhD theses were based on theoretical approaches from philosophy, ethics, pedagogy, medicine or biology as a primary perspective. Nursing theories, in their conventional definition, have a limited presence in the theses examined.
Source: Nursing Open - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research