Qualitative Research in Nursing?

Help!! I need a kick start. How do I structure a piece of qualitative research to ask why the service I am involved in hasn't got a certain assessment tool. Do I interview, do I give out questionaires? Or to look into it has it got to be a piece of quantitative work. This is for my dissertation. I have the search terms etc but cant pinpoint the exact question. I'm sorry to be vague but don't want tutors cottoning on.

Hi
Have you looked at Action Research? There are a few good examples of dissertations on action reseach in HNS setting. Judi Marshall and Peter Reason are some of the authorities in the field. Another person is Jack Whitehead, check out his website http://people.bath.ac.uk/edsajw/living.s... there are some dissertations in the Living theary theses and dissertations.
You should get enough insight and ideas.
Good luck

Interview or focus groups with open ended questions, enabling you to grasp an understanding of what they are saying and draw from their answers. A short list of questions should be thought of which are open ended, the respondents answers should trigger further questions.
(if you find this answer helpful i may come back to answer with some more points, but im soo tired i actually cant be bothered to type!)

Good luck!

Qualitative research is usually face to face interviews, taped and transcribed in full. Questionnaires are more likely to be quantitative and less valid.