Rivista dell'infermiere
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Rivista dell'infermiere · Jan 1998
[Nurses and research: contents and methods. Premise and guide to the use of this issue. 1. Why a special issue for research].
For the first time in its history, this journal assumes the unusual form of a monograph: the issue is dedicated to the problems of research methodology, as it applies to the nursing context and activities. The purpose and the contents which are developed along the eight "chapters" can be summarised as follows: 1. It is widely recognised that health care systems are undergoing a profound and rapid transformation phase, which is obviously affecting the nursing profession and roles. ⋯ A last (possibly interesting) characteristic of the issue, is the fact that it has been conceived, and it is formally presented and proposed (see chapter 1) as a "work in progress". The text is formally offered to the readers-users as a draft on which to work actively: observations, comments, integrations are requested and stimulated. Over a six month period, a collective writing project is launched so that the preparation of a "final" methodological text could become in itself a participatory (and expectedly didactic and rewarding) research activity.