The purpose of this study was to explore senior nursing students' perceptions toward the nursing profession and their experiences in clinical practicum in Taiwan. This study used semistructured interview guides and unstructured face-to-face dialogue with the participants based on a qualitative method. A purposive sample with a snowball method from a baccalaureate nursing program in Southern Tai...

introduction: managers, as the members of decision making team in hospitals, are required to understand economic issues in order to increase their knowledge, make better decisions making, and bring about economic growth in hospitals. thus by measuring the managers’ level of economic knowledge and understanding their weaknesses at this field, we can take an important step in line with this trans...

Nurses' patient education is important for building patients' knowledge, understanding, and preparedness for self-management. The aim of this study was to explore the conditions for nurses' patient education work by focusing on managers' discourses about patient education provided by nurses. In 2012, data were derived from three focus group interviews with primary care managers. Critical discou...

This article looks at a methodology that is often neglected in discussions about gathering qualitative data socio-legal circles favour of the ubiquitous semi-structured interview. We argue unstructured interview underpinned by distinctive ideas autonomy subject research and particularly well suited to ‘bottom-up’ approach favoured much law society scholarship. The interview, with its focus on i...