University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
J Adv Nurs. 2022 Dec;78(12):4034-4041. doi: 10.1111/jan.15456. Epub 2022 Oct 9.
To explore the nuances of theory utilization in qualitative methodologies, discuss the different relationships that applied qualitative methodologies have with theory and use the foundational underpinnings of interpretive description to challenge strongly entrenched ideas of theory that have extended into applied qualitative nursing research.
Methodology discussion paper.
Narrative literature review and personal observations.
Many qualitative research traditions have viewed the use of an explicit theoretical framework as an integral grounding for qualitative research studies. Much of the discussion of theory in extant qualitative methodological literature focuses on its use in the context of traditional methodologies such as ethnography, phenomenology and grounded theory, with less attention on methodological approaches developed for applied and practice disciplines such as nursing. Uncritical adoption of ideas about theory based on traditional qualitative methodological conventions can result in findings with little utility for application to the practice context.
Nursing researchers should think critically about how theory is used in research endeavours geared towards applied practice and ensure that their methodological choices are in alignment with their philosophical and disciplinary epistemological positionings.
探索理论在定性方法学中的细微差别，讨论应用定性方法学与理论之间的不同关系，并利用阐释描述的基础来挑战已深入应用于定性护理研究的理论的既定观念。
方法学讨论论文。
叙述性文献回顾和个人观察。
许多定性研究传统将明确理论框架的使用视为定性研究的基础。现有定性方法学文献中关于理论的讨论主要集中在其在传统方法学（如民族志学、现象学和扎根理论）中的应用，而对为应用和实践学科（如护理）开发的方法学方法关注较少。对基于传统定性方法学惯例的理论观念的盲目采用可能导致研究结果对实践背景的应用价值不大。
护理研究人员应批判性地思考如何在针对应用实践的研究工作中使用理论，并确保他们的方法学选择与其哲学和学科认识论定位一致。
