Nursing Handover Research Project - Wintec Research Archive

experiences, thoughts and feelings during the process and linking these experiences in
practice. Opportunities were explored in regular structured sessions with my mentor where
there was support of my thinking. There is co-construction from the text that surrounds me
and my own experience of handover (Findlay). So it is vital to look back “upon oneself” to
gain greater perspective (Findlay & Gough, 2003, p.ix).
Summary
This chapter has established the methodological approach for the research project.
Underpinning this approach is a constructionist/social constructionist epistemology. A
constructionist viewpoint allows nursing handover reality to be understood as having
meaning in a social context. Discourse analysis is the methodology that guides this research
project and Gee’s (2005) seven step approach will be tailored to create a framework for data
analysis. The first three steps; significance, activities and identities will be used to explore the
multiple realities around handover construction.
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