Methodological issues in nursing research: beyond a wax apple.

Area of Science:

• Nursing
• Arts and Humanities

Background:

• Contemporary nursing scholarship faces complex methodological issues.
• There is a perceived shift from seeking dynamic meaning to structural truth in academic inquiry.

Purpose of the Study:

• To explore the lived experience of contemporary methodological issues in nursing through poetry.
• To seek a sense of unity beyond complex nursing issues.
• To question the evolution of scholarship towards structural truth over dynamic meaning.

Main Methods:

• Qualitative exploration using poetic language.
• Phenomenological approach to sense experience.

Main Results:

• Poetry offers a unique lens to understand the subjective experience of nursing challenges.
• A potential for unity and deeper meaning can be found by examining these experiences holistically.

Conclusions:

• The integration of arts, specifically poetry, can enrich nursing scholarship.
• Re-evaluating the focus from structural truth to dynamic meaning is crucial for a more holistic understanding in nursing.