Question

Is there a difference between a clinical narrative and a case study? Are they qualitative different? What is the value of writing a clinical narrative? ...for other nurses and for the public ? What about writing and publishing a case study? Are there any examples that have influenced your practice that you would like to share?

Answer 1

Clinical narrative is a discriptive form which explain the experience or personal opinion of a case.It explain in details as a story what a medical professional optained from the patient and their bystanders.

Whereas case study is an analytical method of study design which focus in details on a single topic of concern and make out an analysis.

Both clinical narrative and case study comes under qualitative study design, where there is a difference in approach to a case.

Clinical narrative writing helps medical professionals to share their opinion. About patient's condition to their colleagues so that they can understand and provide the apt treatment measure.

And in case of common people it helps in getting quality care.