Data Collection The researchers described that prior to the study, they met with the nurse managers of the Intensive Care Units, who agreed to place letters of invitation in the mailboxes and email the letter to all their nurses to recruit participants. The letter explained the study and the inclusion criteria for participation. Joan Liaschenko and Cynthia Peden -McAlpine, two of the researchers collected the data. The researchers did a very good job in gathering data appropriately by choosing audio-taped unstructured interviews. The interviews were conducted in the participants’ work settings, in a private conference room of their choice, which is typical in a qualitative study. They paid attention to the temporal structure of the narrative, which refers to the chronological sequence of events, and then configures these parts into a whole episode.
The researchers asked each participant a grand question to get a narrative meaning, wherein the participants need to tell their stories about negotiating with families and physicians regarding withdrawal of aggressive treatment, which is the important …show more content…
1148). The researchers are to be applauded for their detailed description of their data analysis method. They used the consensual qualitative research method whereby each team member analyzed each interview independently. Interpretations were discussed as a team to arrive to a mutual agreement about a particular meaning. Their narrative analysis process was concised and easy to understand, as listed in Table 3, and no bias noted. The data management and coding were sufficiently described. They hired a professional transcriptionist and used a qualitative data software. The Atlas.ti, is very useful for the researchers’ in illustrating plots, subplots, and memo key decision points in their
The researchers asked each participant a grand question to get a narrative meaning, wherein the participants need to tell their stories about negotiating with families and physicians regarding withdrawal of aggressive treatment, which is the important …show more content…
1148). The researchers are to be applauded for their detailed description of their data analysis method. They used the consensual qualitative research method whereby each team member analyzed each interview independently. Interpretations were discussed as a team to arrive to a mutual agreement about a particular meaning. Their narrative analysis process was concised and easy to understand, as listed in Table 3, and no bias noted. The data management and coding were sufficiently described. They hired a professional transcriptionist and used a qualitative data software. The Atlas.ti, is very useful for the researchers’ in illustrating plots, subplots, and memo key decision points in their