title: Building knowledge through qualitative research: the road less traveled.
abstract: In this article, the author specifies the ontological, epistemological, and methodological differences among selected borrowed qualitative research methods and the three extant nursing research methods. A further distinction is made between nursing knowledge per se and general knowledge that can be used by nurses. Building nursing knowledge requires a connection with extant nursing theories and frameworks.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Parse
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D012107:Research Design