title: What is nursing research: evolving approaches to methods and content.
abstract: In addressing what constitutes nursing research in the 1990s, approaches to conducting nursing research and examples of studies are discussed in the context of historical forces. The early studies were characteristically educational in focus and quantitative by design. Nursing research has come a long way in regard to foci of the questions asked, diversity of approaches to knowledge development, and sophistication of research methods. Three approaches are described to illustrate the diversity in nursing research: quantitative, qualitative, and triangulation.
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Millor
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Haber
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hott
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jacobson
mesh_terms: D009518:New York; D015399:Nursing Research; D012956:Societies, Nursing