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Developing a Clinical Nursing Research Programme: The Case of Promoting Psychosocial Well-Being in Stroke Survivors

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This chapter describes a programme of clinical nursing research that has grown from a single qualitative study to a research programme conducted by a large research group. Its goal is to explain how research develops over time in response to pertinent clinical issues and new knowledge and how single researchers may join forces with clinical colleagues and users to develop studies aimed at addressing pressing knowledge needs. The challenges associated with this kind of research will be discussed. The chapter is divided into five sections. The first describes a clinical ethnography study of a stroke unit in which nursing care was a central part of the treatment and rehabilitation programme. The second section describes a series of longitudinal qualitative studies that focused on the personal experiences of patients living with the consequences of a stroke during the first years following the stroke. In the third section, a feasibility study of a psychosocial intervention, which built on both previous research and international studies, is described. The fourth section describes a randomised controlled trial that tested a modified version of the psychosocial intervention. The final section highlights the challenges encountered in these research projects and the need for further studies in this area.

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Acknowledgements

I acknowledge the significant contributions and close collaboration of my fellow researchers in the Psychosocial Well-Being Following Stroke research group to the research programme presented in this chapter: Line Kildal Bragstad, Berit A. Bronken, Kari Kvigne, Randi Martinsen, Ellen Hjelle Gabrielsen, Gabriele Kitzmüller, Margrete Mangset, Sanne Angel, Lena Aadal and Unni Sveen. Furthermore, I acknowledge the contributions of my former doctoral student Grethe Eilertsen and the contributions of several other previous research colleagues as well.

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  3. Department of Nursing Science, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Olso, Norway

    Marit Kirkevold

  4. Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

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Kirkevold, M. (2019). Developing a Clinical Nursing Research Programme: The Case of Promoting Psychosocial Well-Being in Stroke Survivors. In: Hafsteinsdóttir, T., Jónsdóttir, H., Kirkevold, M., Leino-Kilpi, H., Lomborg, K., Rahm Hallberg, I. (eds) Leadership in Nursing: Experiences from the European Nordic Countries. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10964-6_17

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