Question

Qualitative Research Question

1. Can you think of a qualitative research question that could be asked about this topic “Leadership Style of Nurse Managers in Western Hospital” that would provide needed knowledge to the nursing or healthcare domain.

2. What approach or methodology would you use, and why?

Answer 1

The qualitative research question about this topic “Leadership Style of Nurse Managers in Western Hospital” would be "The Influence of Nurse Manager Leadership Style on Staff nurses' working as a team, their intent to stay and its positive impacts on patient-centered care in Western Hospital"

The approach would be A grounded theory approach.

This approach would be selected because:

Grounded theory refers to a set of systematic inductive methods for conducting qualitative research aimed toward theory development. It is a step towards conceptual thinking and theory building rather than empirical or hypothesis testing of the theory.

(a) provides explicit, sequential guidelines for conducting qualitative research;

(b) offers specific strategies for handling the analytic phases of inquiry;

(c) streamlines and integrates data collection and analysis; the aim is to construct a theory that is grounded in the data.

(d) advances conceptual analysis of qualitative data; and

(e) legitimizes qualitative research as scientific inquiry.

Hence, grounded theory approach is the best whenn it comes to qualitative research as it is completely based on data collection and its analysis rather than hypothesis testing.