“Casing” the research case study

Sandelowski, Margarete

doi:10.1002/nur.20421

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“…Whilst analysis was rigorous and sensitive to the context of these individual participants (Yardley, 2000), it should be noted that interpretations here are bound by the experiences and sense making of this particular sample. The qualitative nature of these findings add to our understanding of what it is like to wait for a kidney from a deceased donor in fine detail (Sandelowski, 2010).…”

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Waiting for a kidney from a deceased donor: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Spiers

Smith

2015

Psychology, Health & Medicine

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 85%

Waiting for a kidney from a deceased donor: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Spiers

Smith

2015

Psychology, Health & Medicine

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“…Data triangulation was used to obtain a greater understanding of the purpose of the study (11) since all the material that made up the body of this study was analysed to answer that purpose and observe the recommendation of the case study.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ações de educação permanente dos enfermeiros facilitadores de um núcleo de educação em enfermagem

Lavich

Terra

Mello

et al. 2017

Rev. Gaúcha Enferm.

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Objective:To identify actions of nurse facilitators of a permanent healthcare education centre of a teaching hospital. Methods: A single case study with a qualitative approach conducted with eight nurses from a hospital in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The data were generated through document analysis, systematic observation, and a focus group from April to September 2013. Results: The study produced the following categories: powerful strategies to promote permanent healthcare education actions from facilitating nurses and limitations for the development of these actions. Conclusions:The establishment of a permanent nursing education centre can trigger the Permanent education actions of nurses in teaching hospitals.

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“…Although a popular methodology, case study is not without its critics, not least because of issues related to disentangling the ‘definitional morass’ (p17) [25,26]. Debates exist about the validity and generalisability of case study findings [27,28], and the fact that the two proponents of this approach, Yin and Stake, employ different terminology and epistemological positions [29]. Nevertheless, its pragmatic approach is a key strength along with its ability to facilitate ‘intensive study of one or more cases for an explicit purpose’ (p154) [28].…”

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Using case study within a sequential explanatory design to evaluate the impact of specialist and advanced practice roles on clinical outcomes: the SCAPE study

Lalor

Casey

Elliott

et al. 2013

BMC Med Res Methodol

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BackgroundThe role of the clinical nurse/midwife specialist and advanced nurse/midwife practitioner is complex not least because of the diversity in how the roles are operationalised across health settings and within multidisciplinary teams.This aim of this paper is to use The SCAPE Study: Specialist Clinical and Advanced Practitioner Evaluation in Ireland to illustrate how case study was used to strengthen a Sequential Explanatory Design.MethodsIn Phase 1, clinicians identified indicators of specialist and advanced practice which were then used to guide the instrumental case study design which formed the second phase of the larger study. Phase 2 used matched case studies to evaluate the effectiveness of specialist and advanced practitioners on clinical outcomes for service users. Data were collected through observation, documentary analysis, and interviews. Observations were made of 23 Clinical Specialists or Advanced Practitioners, and 23 matched clinicians in similar matched non-postholding sites, while they delivered care. Forty-one service users, 41 clinicians, and 23 Directors of Nursing or Midwifery were interviewed, and 279 service users completed a survey based on the components of CS and AP practice identified in Phase 1. A coding framework, and the generation of cross tabulation matrices in NVivo, was used to make explicit how the outcome measures were confirmed and validated from multiple sources. This strengthened the potential to examine single cases that seemed ‘different’, and allowed for cases to be redefined. Phase 3 involved interviews with policy-makers to set the findings in context.ResultsCase study is a powerful research strategy to use within sequential explanatory mixed method designs, and adds completeness to the exploration of complex issues in clinical practice. The design is flexible, allowing the use of multiple data collection methods from both qualitative and quantitative paradigms.ConclusionsMultiple approaches to data collection are needed to evaluate the impact of complex roles and interventions in health care outcomes and service delivery. Case study design is an appropriate methodology to use when study outcomes relate to clinical practice.

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“Casing” the research case study

Cited by 67 publications

References 18 publications

Waiting for a kidney from a deceased donor: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Waiting for a kidney from a deceased donor: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Ações de educação permanente dos enfermeiros facilitadores de um núcleo de educação em enfermagem

Using case study within a sequential explanatory design to evaluate the impact of specialist and advanced practice roles on clinical outcomes: the SCAPE study

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