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Nursing Education 2018 Journal of Nursing and Health Studies
ISSN: 2574-2825 Page 49
April 23-25, 2018
Rome, Italy
27th Edition of World Congress on
Nursing Education &
Research
Participant observation is a method of data generation
through the observation of activities as it occurs in a natural
context. Using the views of participants during observation
enabled the researchers to gain an understanding of practices,
social views and interaction between people to give meaning
to aspects for which little was known prior to the observation.
The researchers did 230 hours of participant observations in 11
different critical care units, to gain a deeper understanding of
the current workplace culture in the critical care environment.
The researchers paired with participants in the critical care
units to observe collaboratively. Following the observation
session the researcher and the participant shared what they
have observed regarding the workplace culture. Clinical
practice in nursing is complex and the nature of the context
most often influences data collection and research findings.
Participant observation is regarded as a method of data
collection to observe, explain and understand relationships
between team members and normal daily activities of clinical
practice. The researchers used direct observation as method
to gain contextual understanding of the clinical practice and
approach the observations as observer-participants. The
aim of this presentation is to share the 12 tips to take into
consideration when using participant observation as a data
collection method in clinical practice.
Biography
Isabel Coetzee is working as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Nursing
Science at University of Pretoria for the past 19 years. She has published
16 articles since 2010. Her tertiary experience includes teaching Postgradu-
ate Diploma in Critical Care for past 19 years; Medical and Surgical Nursing
Science for pre-graduate second year students and Research Methodology
for Master’s students. She is the Coordinator for PhD programme. She has
completed supervising 30 Master’s students since 2009, 2 PhD candidates
and currently supervising 10Master’s and 7 PhD students. She has done her
PhD (UNISA) in 2010. She played a role of an examiner for approximately
25 Masters’ degree and 11 PhD candidates since 2011. She received the
Critical Care Society of South Africa`s Presidents` Nursing Award for out-
standing contribution to Critical Care (2013), inaugurated as a Fellow of the
Academy of Nursing in South Africa (FANSA) (2015) and South African rep-
resentative of the World Federation of Critical Care 2017-2020.
Twelve tips for using participant observation in clinical
practice
Isabel Coetzee, Seugnette Rossouw, Tanya Heyns, Ilze van Eeden
Celia Filmalter and Joanita de Kock
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Isabel Coetzee et al., J Nurs Health Stud 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2574-2825-C1-002