Overview As nurses, we all remember what it was like during our first year as nursing students. It is a time of excitement, fear, and wondering if we can really become a nurse in the end. The first year as a nursing student is critical in preparing students to be successful throughout their program, gain skills to help them take on more responsibility, and manage themselves effectively (Porteous & Machin, 2017). Porteous and Machin (2017) set out to study this important first year in students' journeys through their nursing program.
Problem Statement The problem statement outlined in the article is as follows: there is a lack of qualitative research that precisely concentrates on first-year undergraduate nursing students' actual experiences …show more content…
The question addressed in the article is as follows: "How do undergraduate nursing students perceive their experiences of the transition into higher education and nursing profession (Porteous & Machin, 2017)?" Research questions in qualitative research are linked to paradigms and research traditions within paradigms (Polit & Beck, 2017). Porteous and Machin's research was conducted using a hermeneutic phenomenological approach (Porteous & Machin, 2017). Hermeneutics is a research tradition in qualitative research, which focuses on the lived experiences of humans and how they interpret them (Polit & Beck, 2017). The research question is looking at how first-year undergraduate nursing students perceive, or understand, their experiences, which is directly in line with the definition of …show more content…
This research is closely linked to the constructivist paradigm where old ideas and structures are broken down and put back together in new ways (Polit & Beck, 2017). Constructivist research concentrates on understanding the human experience as it is lived, usually with narrative and subjective data (Polit & Beck, 2017). Generally speaking, qualitative research is flexible, ongoing, holistic, and may involve multiple data collection strategies (Polit & Beck, 2017). Since the goal of Porteous and Machin's (2017) research was to look at students' perceptions of their experiences, this follows the purposes of qualitative research of understanding the human experience as it is lived (Polit & Beck,
Problem Statement The problem statement outlined in the article is as follows: there is a lack of qualitative research that precisely concentrates on first-year undergraduate nursing students' actual experiences …show more content…
The question addressed in the article is as follows: "How do undergraduate nursing students perceive their experiences of the transition into higher education and nursing profession (Porteous & Machin, 2017)?" Research questions in qualitative research are linked to paradigms and research traditions within paradigms (Polit & Beck, 2017). Porteous and Machin's research was conducted using a hermeneutic phenomenological approach (Porteous & Machin, 2017). Hermeneutics is a research tradition in qualitative research, which focuses on the lived experiences of humans and how they interpret them (Polit & Beck, 2017). The research question is looking at how first-year undergraduate nursing students perceive, or understand, their experiences, which is directly in line with the definition of …show more content…
This research is closely linked to the constructivist paradigm where old ideas and structures are broken down and put back together in new ways (Polit & Beck, 2017). Constructivist research concentrates on understanding the human experience as it is lived, usually with narrative and subjective data (Polit & Beck, 2017). Generally speaking, qualitative research is flexible, ongoing, holistic, and may involve multiple data collection strategies (Polit & Beck, 2017). Since the goal of Porteous and Machin's (2017) research was to look at students' perceptions of their experiences, this follows the purposes of qualitative research of understanding the human experience as it is lived (Polit & Beck,