Use of Action Research in Nursing Education

Abstract

Purpose. The purpose of this article is to describe action research in nursing education and to propose a definition of action research for providing guidelines for research proposals and criteria for assessing potential publications for nursing higher education. Methods. The first part of this project involved a search of the literature on action research in nursing higher education from 1994 to 2013. Searches were conducted in the CINAHL and MEDLINE databases. Applying the criteria identified, 80 publications were reviewed. The second part of the project involved a literature review of action research methodology from several disciplines to assist in assessing articles in this review. Results. This article summarizes the nursing higher education literature reviewed and provides processes and content related to four topic areas in nursing higher education. The descriptions assist researchers in learning more about the complexity of both the action research process and the varied outcomes. The literature review of action research in many disciplines along with the review of action research in higher education provided a framework for developing a nursing-education-centric definition of action research. Conclusions. Although guidelines for developing action research and criteria for publication are suggested, continued development of methods for synthesizing action research is recommended.

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“…It is limited, however, this method in Nursing teaching. 1 R-A is characterized as a method that allows the reflection and, consequently, a more critical knowledge of the participants about the studied phenomena. [1][2] It is revealed -for Nursing care, whose premise is an interactive and intersubjective action, that this type of research constitutes a relevant methodological tool for fostering an approach that aims at "the dialectical integration between the subject and his existence , between facts and values, between theory and action and, mainly, between researcher and researcher ".…”

“…1 R-A is characterized as a method that allows the reflection and, consequently, a more critical knowledge of the participants about the studied phenomena. [1][2] It is revealed -for Nursing care, whose premise is an interactive and intersubjective action, that this type of research constitutes a relevant methodological tool for fostering an approach that aims at "the dialectical integration between the subject and his existence , between facts and values, between theory and action and, mainly, between researcher and researcher ". 2:722 R-A is respected while a research process that seeks to establish communication with the social research approach, relies on experience to identify a collective issue and has close affinity with an action or with the resolution of that question, implying the participatory involvement of researchers and participants, which makes it possible to exchange information and reflection among these actors of the process.…”

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“…However, at present, numerous researchers fight this penumbra ascribed for so long to action research. Currently, action research has several designations, with distinct proposals for ways of materialisation (Almeida, 2001;Balakrishnan & Claiborne, 2017;Corpa, Hito, & Garcia, 2010;Kindon & Elwood, 2009;Moch, Vandenbark, Pehler, & Stombaugh, 2016;Schneider & Daddow, 2017), as well as variants, for example, at the level of stakeholders' participation. Yet, in general, it may be considered that action research entails articulating research with intervention, especially in several cycles or stages of enhancement or improvement (Costa & Machado, 1987).…”