Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University



Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University

NUR 605 – Qualitative Methods of Inquiry in Nursing

Date: September 10, 2007

Session Title: Historical Research as Method / Methodology

Discussion Leader: Susan S. Gunby, RN, PhD

Discussion Questions/Statements:

1. Is history quantifiable? If yes, why/how? If no, why not?

2. Is history a science? If yes, why/how? If no, why not?

3. Is history an art? If yes, why/how? If no, why not?

4. Define/describe the following terms/concepts: (a) history (b) objective relativism (c) present-mindedness (d) historiography.

5. Historical researchers use what types of sources to study the past?

6. Differentiate between the two traditions or schools of thought in historical research: the positivistic or neo-positivistic and the idealist.

7. Develop your thoughts related to this statement by Fitzpatrick (2001, p. 406): “Synthesizing the past and present through useful insights contributes to the work of those who are architects of the profession’s future and brings historical research in nursing into an active and useful mode while continuing to expand the knowledge and understandings of the profession’s genesis and evolution for more esoteric reasons.”

8. Give an example of how historians utilize other disciplines to inform and structure their work.

9. Compare and contrast the following theoretical approaches that structure historical research: biographical history, social history, and intellectual history.

10. Describe the steps in data generation in historical research.

11. Delineate the differences in primary sources versus secondary sources.

12. Explain the aspects of confirming source genuineness and authenticity in historical research.

13. Describe the process of data analysis in historical research.

14. Portray the development of the historical narrative.

15. Describe how historiography has been used in nursing education, practice, and administration.

16. Critique the use of the historical research methodology in the research article at the end of Chapter 12 of Speziale and Carpenter.

Required Readings:

Burns, N., & Grove, S. K. (2007). Understanding nursing research: Building an evidence-based practice (4th ed.). St. Louis: Saunders Elsevier. (pp. 71-75; pp. 77-78 under section entitled Data Collection Methods: “Observations” and “Interviews”; p. 138 under section entitled Purpose of the Literature Review in Qualitative Research)

Speziale, H. J., & Carpenter, D. R. (2007). Qualitative research in nursing:

Advancing the humanistic imperative. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams

& Wilkins. (Chapters 11 & 12)

Recommended readings:

Biedermann, N. (2001). The voices of days gone by: Advocating the use of oral

history in nursing. Nursing Inquiry, 8, 61-62.

D’Antonio, P. (2001). Founding friends: Families and institution building in early

19th century Philadelphia. Nursing Research, 260-266.

Grypma, S. J. (2005). Critical issues in the use of bibliographic methods in nursing history. Nursing History Review, 13, 171-187.

Hamilton, D. (1993). The idea of history and the history of ideas. Image:Journal

of Nursing Scholarship,25, 45-50.

Mackintosh, C. (1997). A historical study of men in nursing. Journal of Advanced

Nursing, 26, 232-236.

Wall, B. M. (2006). Textual analysis as a method for historians of nursing. Nursing History Review, 14, 227-242.

Yuginovich, T. (2000). More than time and place: Using historical comparative

research as a tool for nursing. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 6,

70-75.

Selected Online Links for Recommended Resources:

American Association for the History of Nursing:

Barbara Bates Center for the Study of History of Nursing:

Black Nurses in History:

Boston University Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center:

Frontier Nursing Service:

Nursing History Resources:

Purdue University School of Nursing Center for Nursing History, Ethics, and Human Rights:

Southern Labor Archives - housed at Georgia State University (contains records of state nursing associations from Georgia, South Carolina, District of Columbia, Maryland, and Kentucky):

University of Virginia Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry:

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