Using the interpretive narrative research method in interdisciplinary research projects.
Researchers from different disciplines bring to a project their different perspectives of the research problem. Differences in education, experiences, and understanding create a research project that has more depth and breadth than one designed by researchers from a single discipline. The purpose of this article is to describe how faculty from two disciplines, nursing and education, used the interpretive narrative method, a qualitative research method, in a pilot project to examine issues related to the recruitment and retention of Hispanic nurses. The researchers chose the interpretive narrative method for the flexibility it offers interdisciplinary research, its power in eliciting comprehensive narratives from participants, and the possibilities it offers for analysis.
McQueen
Laura
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North Carolina A&T State University, School of Nursing, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA. llmcquee@ncat.edu
Zimmerman
Lynn
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D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017145:Models, Educational; D033262:Narration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013338:Students, Nursing; D014481:United States