title: Children's experiences of being without a place to call home: what the research tells us.
abstract: The article provides a critique of qualitative nursing research regarding children's experiences of being without a place to call home. The phenomena under study were the lived experience of being without a home, feeling uncomfortable, hope, and what was special in the children's lives. Parse's criteria for the critique of qualitative research were used. A synthesis of the interpretive findings about the children's experiences is presented. Recommendations for advancing nursing theory, nursing research, and nursing practice are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Ohio State University College of Nursing, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Edna M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Menke
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D018453:Homeless Youth / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009742:Nursing Theory; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*