title: [The mixed design in nursing sciences or when a question of research calls for qualitative and quantitative strategies].
abstract: The use of a mixed method research design raises many questions, especially regarding the paradigmatic position. With this paradigm, we may consider the mixed method design as the best way of answering a research question and the latter orients to one of the different subtypes of mixed method design. To illustrate the use of this kind of design, we propose a study such as conducted in nursing sciences. In this article, the challenges raised by the mixed method design, and the place of this type of research in nursing sciences is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Ecole des sciences infirmières, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bourgault
authors.forename: Frances
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gallagher
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Michaud
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saint-Cyr-Tribble
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D028663:Ethical Theory; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D033302:Postmodernism; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012107:Research Design; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000523:psychology