Sunday, July 13, 2008

Themes for questioning in the focus group

It was pointed out the me (by one of my supervisers) the importance of having some key themes during data collection. Over the last month i have been working on my questions and having trouble knowing what type of questions to start with and how to approach the data collection process during a focus group. Having themes will not only give me some structure, but it will also prompt me to know what area i need to question participants more on. These key themes have developed as a result of reading the literature about how new grads are transitioning into acute care, and the nature of acute care practice etc.

The key themes are
~New graduate’s ability
~Challenges in acute care
~Support
~Reality of work environment

Jess

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