Has anyone read a report of a qualitative study before reading the one in this chapter? Where did you encounter it? What can you tell us about it? The point of reading research reports at this point is to understand them and extract essential information. Appraisal will come later. 

Discuss Why–How–What of the qualitative study by O’Lynn & Krautscheld (2011):

• Why did the researchers think it was important to do this study?
• What did their study do that those other studies did not do?

Navigate to the WCU Library link in the course navigation menu and search for the article below:

Qualitative Article from Chapter 4:

O’Lynn, C., & Krautscheid, L. (2011). Original research: ‘how should I touch you?’: A qualitative study of attitudes on intimate touch in nursing care.  Download O’Lynn, C., & Krautscheid, L. (2011). Original research: ‘how should I touch you?’: A qualitative study of attitudes on intimate touch in nursing care. The American Journal of Nursing, 111(3), 24–33. 

• Why did the researchers think it was important to do this study?

Touch has been widely used in various nursing functions. Nurses touch patients to perform clinical tasks, communicate, and

Before reading the one in this chapter, I have read quite a number of qualitative studies in the past as part of my academic requirements. The qualitative research aimed to describe