Qualitative Research: Idealist Ontology

I valued the participants, with a mental illness, sharing their perspective and experiences of living with a mental health diagnosis. As social workers, it is beneficial to understand a clients experience and environment to the best of our ability. I will take away the stigmas faced by individuals with a mental illness and consider how this impacts their psycho, social, and emotional

This Case Study will be undertaken as a group activity and is designed to deepen your knowledge about mental illnesses, and to test your understanding about the nursing care of people suffering from such conditions. It will also assist you to express your ideas through class presentation and in writing.

Power point slide Qualitative research is a difficult term to define…. Nevertheless, it is important to be familiar with some definitions in the field. The definition provided by Creswell 2009 is enlightening because it incorporates ……….. most important part of definition for me were reports detailed views of informants and natural setting.

Qualitative research key characteristics are the researcher immerse her/himself in the setting, contexts of inquiry are not contrived they are natural, want the subjects to speak for themselves, attend to the experience as a what not as separate variables, these is no one general method, the process entail appraisal about what was studied and it implies a direct concern with expertise as it is lived or felt or undergone (Hughes, 2006)

For the purpose of this assignment the student will be discussing and analysing the professional, legal and ethical issues that influenced how person-centred care was delivered to a patient in an acute psychiatric hospital where the student was working. In accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2010) the patient will be referred to as Sarah to uphold confidentiality.

In the beginning of each protagonist’s journey and conflict exhibits, the ineffectiveness of mental institutions as the authors describes the protagonists’ situation. N’s initial situation exposes the unproductivity and dehumanisation towards the psychiatric patients:

How the author used these concepts were with intense interviews with homeless individuals who have a mental illness, and randomized surveys with 231 different diverse cultures. They studied 36 in depth interviews with homeless people in order to understand how they live life. The surveys where used in order to get a broader spectrum for the discrimination in the diverse aspect.

Shepard (2013) truly embraced the culture of the various workers within the human services field, to gain a deeper understanding of the stress that they are experiencing and how they cope with that stress. In this study, Shepard (2013) accounts for the internal credibility of this research design. Onwuegbuzie and Leech (2007) states that one aspect of internal credibility is the truth value in the interpretations of the underlying group that is being studied. Shepard (2013) shows account for a few threats to internal credibility within this study, such as descriptive validity and structural corroboration. Descriptive validity was accounted for in this study due to accuracy that was account for based on the ethnographic reports that were being developed to track and analyze the data. In addition, the researcher shows structural corroboration due to the multiple forms of data used to collect the data, such as, personal observation, narratives, and

Ethnographic research requires extensive work, which involves a long period of time and a certain level of intimacy with members which can only be achieved over time and becoming active participants (Polit & Beck, 2017). Although the study didn't specify the length of the study, the range of 3 different locations across primary, secondary and community care reflected the extensiveness of the study. The study was a non-participant observation, utilizing in-depth interviews with key informants. As researchers conduct interviews, it is important to realize the concept of researcher as instrument, wherein the interviewer may impact respondent responses (Polit & Beck, 2017). This can potentially introduce bias wherein researchers can influence the participants with the way how the interview questions were asked. Researchers should ensure reflexibility when interpreting data to prevent bias in qualitative research. Reflexivity is an important tool for researchers to reflect on their personal values and biases that could affect interpretation (Polit & Beck,

While discussions of integrated care are not new in the United States, the research literature has largely been about blending mental and chemical health into physical health systems. Using a critical hermeneutic application of interpretive phenomenology, this study aims to address that gap by interviewing adults with serious mental illness about their experience receiving physical health services within a community mental health center. Nine individuals, five clients and four providers, interviewed for this study were selected using the critical case criterion in partnership with the community mental health center. Interviews were digitally recorded and transcribed. Data analysis was conducted within-case followed by cross-case analysis technique.

Maxwell (2005) also notes that qualitative research can be used to address various issues and is not restricted to one ontological stance. The method also involves developing a relationship with the people one is studying, an aspect that is important in defining the authenticity of the data and determining the course of action.

But in the case of qualitative research a different approach is quite useful which concerns the accuracy of the data or the representation, the credibility and the authority of the writer.

The article is about group of individuals who were diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizophrenia is a chronic severe mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, behaves and feels. The participants were residents of a psychiatric hospital for more than 12 months. The objective of the study was to examine how these individuals would be able to connect, move forward and form relationships and the challenges they face in forming those relationships in their communities once they are released from the hospital. Ethnographic research: participant observer study is described as “the primary method used by anthropologists doing fieldwork. Fieldwork involves active looking, improving memory, informal interviewing, writing detailed field notes, and

In this case study, one day of care for a 28 year old, male patient on a low secure psychiatric unit will be examined and discussed. The main focus will be on implementation and evaluation of the nursing process. These areas will be covered under; physiological, psycho-sociological and pharmacological aspects of the patient’s care. Although, the case study is discussed using third person expression, the care discussed is what was implemented and evaluated by myself, a second year student nurse, under supervision from a qualified member of staff.

Qualitative research is conducted in a natural setting and attempts to understand a human problem by developing a holistic narrative and reporting detailed views of informants about the culture of a problem. It forms a report with pictures and words. One of the most important distinctions that sets qualitative research apart from more traditional types of research is that qualitative research is holistic in that researchers study phenomena in their entirety rather than narrowing the focus to specific defined variables” (p. 93). Similarly, Cresswell (1984) indicated that qualitative research “is defined as an inquiry process of understanding a social or human problem, based on building a holistic picture, formed with words, reporting detailed views of informants, and conducted in a natural setting” (p. 2). Cresswell’s definition clearly delineates the major characteristics of qualitative research. Pg. 50 (Smith & Davis, 2010).