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