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Contents
Abstract .................................................................................................... 2
Contents ................................................................................................... 5
List of Poems ........................................................................................... 6
List of Appendices ................................................................................... 8
Chapter 1: Roots and Muddy Footprints................................................ 9
Stories from the Bedside ...................................................................... 11
Roots of this Inquiry .............................................................................. 21
Chapter 2: A Collaborative Inquiry ....................................................... 25
Action and Stories in Developing Practical Knowledge ........................ 26
What does the Nursing Literature say about Reflection-in-action? ....... 29
Designing a Collaborative Inquiry ......................................................... 33
Three Levels of Reflexive Inquiry ...................................................... 36
Establishing Quality in Collaborative Inquiry ..................................... 40
A Multi-Stranded Approach ............................................................... 44
Gaining Ethical Approval: A Story of Hidden Power ......................... 46
Strand 1: The Co-inquiry Group ........................................................... 49
Recruitment and Co-Inquiry Group Formation .................................. 49
Data Generation and Analysis through Cycles of Action and Reflective
Inquiry ............................................................................................... 51
Storyboard Representation of Our Cycles of Action and Inquiry ....... 52
Interviews with Co-inquirers .............................................................. 55
Strand 2: Co-Inquiry in the Ward ......................................................... 57
Muddy Footprints: Connections with Ward 1 .................................... 58
Gaining Access ................................................................................. 59
The Process of Strand 2 Co- Inquiry ................................................. 59
Changing From Link Lecturer to Action Researcher ......................... 61
Strand 2: Emerging Processes ......................................................... 64
Strand 3: Action Learning Sets with Modern Matrons .......................... 64
Reflections on the Inquiry Design ......................................................... 65
Conclusion............................................................................................ 67
Chapter 3: A Poetic Inquiry ................................................................... 68
What Does the Healthcare Literature Say about Poetry? ..................... 70
Can Poetry be used as a Deliberate Reflective Process? .................... 74
Can Poetry be used Legitimately in Research?.................................... 77
Moving towards Co-Inquiry through Sharing Poetry in the Ward .......... 81
Moving towards Co-Inquiry through Sharing Poetry in the Classroom . 88
Co-Inquiring into Practice: Using Poetry Deliberately ........................... 90
A Poetic Co-Inquiry with Senior Nurses from the Trust ..................... 92
Reflexivity on the Field of Nursing ........................................................ 95
But is it Art? .......................................................................................... 97
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