Critical realist ethnography: from philosophy to the practice of research analysis.

Ryan, Gemma Sinead (2017). Critical realist ethnography: from philosophy to the practice of research analysis. In: RCN International Nursing Research Conference and Exhibition 2017, 4-7 Apr 2017, Oxford.

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Abstract

Background: There are few realist ethnographic studies in nursing and the majority employ traditional approaches to analysis; reflecting the principles of interpretivist or positivist research paradigms.

Aim: Present the development and application of a novel approach to realist ethnographic analysis to a research project that sought to explain how student nurses become socialised into online social networks.

Method: Realist ethnography sought to explain the relationship between online social networks and professional socialisation.
Results: The findings show how this novel approach to analysis led to the proposition of a new and original concept of ‘online socialisation’.

Conclusion: This article informs nurse and healthcare researchers how to apply an analysis approach to realist ethnographic study based on the principles of Bhaskarian philosophy.

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