Qualitative inquiry in nursing: Creating rigor

Qualitative research offers some unique challenges, including the preparation of research reports suitable for publication. As a result of this challenge, manuscripts detailing qualitative studies may be insufficient and fail to demonstrate a qualitative inquiry's rigor. However, it is often unclear with the first review whether the deficiencies are due to methodological inadequacies or failure to include necessary details during the writing process. Responses to reviewers by some writers related to methodological problems often reveal the lack of methodological rigor. To aid with this challenge of methodological inadequacies and lack of necessary details in research reports, this article offers a survey of qualitative research, including an overview of qualitative methodologies, design considerations, ethical principles, and trustworthiness related to qualitative inquiry.