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| 1 | Whatever happened to qualitative description? | Research in Nursing and Health | 2000 | 8,220 |
| 2 | The Discovery of Grounded Theory; Strategies for Qualitative Research | Nursing Research | 1968 | 5,723 |
| 3 | The content validity index: Are you sure you know what's being reported? critique and recommendations | Research in Nursing and Health | 2006 | 3,504 |
| 4 | Determination and Quantification Of Content Validity | Nursing Research | 1986 | 3,482 |
| 5 | What's in a name? Qualitative description revisited | Research in Nursing and Health | 2010 | 3,079 |
| 6 | Is the CVI an acceptable indicator of content validity? Appraisal and recommendations | Research in Nursing and Health | 2007 | 2,824 |
| 7 | Sample size in qualitative research | Research in Nursing and Health | 1995 | 2,799 |
| 8 | Transformative Learning: Theory to Practice | New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education | 1997 | 2,024 |
| 9 | A critical review of visual analogue scales in the measurement of clinical phenomena | Research in Nursing and Health | 1990 | 1,997 |
| 10 | The problem of rigor in qualitative research | Advances in Nursing Science | 1986 | 1,873 |
| 11 | A Process for Systematically Reviewing the Literature: Providing the Research Evidence for Public Health Nursing Interventions | Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing | 2004 | 1,606 |
| 12 | Fundamental Patterns of Knowing in Nursing | Advances in Nursing Science | 1978 | 1,600 |
| 13 | Predictors of Postpartum Depression | Nursing Research | 2001 | 1,541 |
| 14 | Considerations in determining sample size for pilot studies | Research in Nursing and Health | 2008 | 1,335 |
| 15 | Development of the practice environment scale of the nursing work index | Research in Nursing and Health | 2002 | 1,255 |
| 16 | Measuring stigma in people with HIV: Psychometric assessment of the HIV stigma scale | Research in Nursing and Health | 2001 | 1,230 |
| 17 | A phenomenological hermeneutical method for researching lived experience | Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences | 2004 | 1,176 |
| 18 | Interpretive description: A noncategorical qualitative alternative for developing nursing knowledge | Research in Nursing and Health | 1997 | 1,170 |
| 19 | Experiencing Transitions: An Emerging Middle-Range Theory | Advances in Nursing Science | 2000 | 1,062 |
| 20 | Characteristics of Qualitative Descriptive Studies: A Systematic Review | Research in Nursing and Health | 2017 | 1,059 |
| 21 | Parental Influence on Eating Behavior: Conception to Adolescence | Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics | 2007 | 1,057 |
| 22 | The Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile | Nursing Research | 1987 | 1,056 |
| 23 | Thinking Like a Nurse: A Research-Based Model of Clinical Judgment in Nursing | Journal of Nursing Education | 2006 | 1,051 |
| 24 | The Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore Risk | Nursing Research | 1987 | 990 |
| 25 | Family Acceptance in Adolescence and the Health of LGBT Young Adults | Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing | 2010 | 983 |
| 26 | Approaches to Qualitative-Quantitative Methodological Triangulation | Nursing Research | 1991 | 955 |
| 27 | Quality of life index | Advances in Nursing Science | 1985 | 950 |
| 28 | The PICO strategy for the research question construction and evidence search | Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem | 2007 | 936 |
| 29 | Is there a bias against telephone interviews in qualitative research? | Research in Nursing and Health | 2008 | 932 |
| 30 | Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling, Data Collection, and Analysis Techniques in Mixed-Method Studies | Research in Nursing and Health | 2000 | 841 |
| 31 | Rigor or rigor mortis | Advances in Nursing Science | 1993 | 811 |
| 32 | Qualitative metasynthesis: Issues and techniques | Research in Nursing and Health | 1997 | 804 |
| 33 | Selection and use of content experts for instrument development | Research in Nursing and Health | 1997 | 798 |
| 34 | Qualitative analysis: What it is and how to begin | Research in Nursing and Health | 1995 | 778 |
| 35 | The caregiver reaction assessment (CRA) for caregivers to persons with chronic physical and mental impairments | Research in Nursing and Health | 1992 | 723 |
| 36 | Public Health Ethics: Mapping the Terrain | Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics | 2002 | 719 |
| 37 | Informal and Incidental Learning | New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education | 2001 | 696 |
| 38 | Mutuality and preparedness as predictors of caregiver role strain | Research in Nursing and Health | 1990 | 677 |
| 39 | Andragogy and Self-Directed Learning: Pillars of Adult Learning Theory | New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education | 2001 | 668 |
| 40 | Focus on psychometrics. Aspects of item analysis | Research in Nursing and Health | 1991 | 655 |
| 41 | Measuring Organizational Traits of Hospitals: The Revised Nursing Work Index | Nursing Research | 2000 | 643 |
| 42 | A Middle-Range Theory of Self-Care of Chronic Illness | Advances in Nursing Science | 2012 | 642 |
| 43 | Psychometric assessment of the quality of life index | Research in Nursing and Health | 1992 | 633 |
| 44 | The Middle-Range Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms: An Update | Advances in Nursing Science | 1997 | 622 |
| 45 | Managing Incidental Findings in Human Subjects Research: Analysis and Recommendations | Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics | 2008 | 602 |
| 46 | The NCSBN National Simulation Study: A Longitudinal, Randomized, Controlled Study Replacing Clinical Hours with Simulation in Prelicensure Nursing Education | Journal of Nursing Regulation | 2014 | 580 |
| 47 | An Adaptation of Brislin???s Translation Model for Cross-cultural Research | Nursing Research | 2001 | 578 |
| 48 | Testing the Reliability and Validity of the Self-Efficacy for Exercise Scale | Nursing Research | 2000 | 572 |
| 49 | Integrative reviews of nursing research | Research in Nursing and Health | 1987 | 568 |
| 50 | Development of a Tool for the Measurement of Maternal Attachment During Pregnancy | Nursing Research | 1981 | 567 |
| 51 | Nurse Moral Distress: a proposed theory and research agenda | Nursing Ethics | 2002 | 554 |
| 52 | The Measurement of Uncertainty in Illness | Nursing Research | 1981 | 549 |
| 53 | Real qualitative researchers do not count: The use of numbers in qualitative research | Research in Nursing and Health | 2001 | 525 |
| 54 | The Development of an Instrument to Measure Social Support | Nursing Research | 1981 | 509 |
| 55 | Instrument development for health belief model constructs | Advances in Nursing Science | 1984 | 504 |
| 56 | Development and psychometric evaluation of the exercise benefits/barriers scale | Research in Nursing and Health | 1987 | 482 |
| 57 | Implementation fidelity in community‐based interventions | Research in Nursing and Health | 2010 | 479 |
| 58 | Hope: Its Spheres and Dimensions | Nursing Clinics of North America | 1985 | 476 |
| 59 | Qualitative Rigor or Research Validity in Qualitative Research | Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing | 2011 | 475 |
| 60 | From Text to Codings | Nursing Research | 2008 | 471 |
| 61 | Flipping the Classroom to Improve Student Performance and Satisfaction | Journal of Nursing Education | 2013 | 460 |
| 62 | Nominal group technique: An effective method for obtaining group consensus | International Journal of Nursing Practice | 2012 | 456 |
| 63 | Nurse Moral Distress and Ethical Work Environment | Nursing Ethics | 2005 | 451 |
| 64 | Visual Analogue Scales | Nursing Research | 1989 | 450 |
| 65 | A systematic review: Students with mental health problems—A growing problem | International Journal of Nursing Practice | 2010 | 448 |
| 66 | Assessment of discomfort in advanced Alzheimer patients | Research in Nursing and Health | 1992 | 433 |
| 67 | Nurse burnout and quality of care: Cross‐national investigation in six countries | Research in Nursing and Health | 2010 | 431 |
| 68 | Applying thematic analysis theory to practice: A researcher’s experience | Contemporary Nurse | 2005 | 429 |
| 69 | Clinical Judgment Development: Using Simulation to Create an Assessment Rubric | Journal of Nursing Education | 2007 | 425 |
| 70 | Nurses?? Job Satisfaction | Nursing Research | 1993 | 423 |
| 71 | Negative Impacts of Shiftwork and Long Work Hours | Rehabilitation Nursing | 2014 | 423 |
| 72 | The Delirium Observation Screening Scale: A Screening Instrument for Delirium | Research and Theory for Nursing Practice | 2003 | 418 |
| 73 | Resilience: A Concept Analysis | Nursing Forum | 2007 | 418 |
| 74 | Nursingʼs response to the crisis of access, costs, and quality in health care | Advances in Nursing Science | 1993 | 417 |
| 75 | Introduction to the Theoretical Basis of Nursing | Nursing Research | 1970 | 413 |
| 76 | Nursing Participation in Health Care Reform Efforts of 1993 to 1994: Advocating for the National Community | Advances in Nursing Science | 2000 | 410 |
| 77 | Normal oral, rectal, tympanic and axillary body temperature in adult men and women: a systematic literature review | Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences | 2002 | 410 |
| 78 | The qualitative research audit trail: A complex collection of documentation | Research in Nursing and Health | 1993 | 404 |
| 79 | The Establishment of Evidence‐Based Practice Competencies for Practicing Registered Nurses and Advanced Practice Nurses in Real‐World Clinical Settings: Proficiencies to Improve Healthcare Quality, Reliability, Patient Outcomes, and Costs | Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing | 2014 | 403 |
| 80 | Empirical Development Of a Middle Range Theory of Caring | Nursing Research | 1991 | 399 |
| 81 | Job Satisfaction and Turnover Among Nurses | Nursing Research | 1995 | 395 |
| 82 | Conceptualizing Vulnerable Populations Health-Related Research | Nursing Research | 1998 | 395 |
| 83 | Spirituality and well-being in terminally ill hospitalized adults | Research in Nursing and Health | 1987 | 387 |
| 84 | Critical Thinking Disposition as a Measure of Competent Clinical Judgment: The Development of the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory | Journal of Nursing Education | 1994 | 387 |
| 85 | Parental Stressor Scale | Nursing Research | 1993 | 385 |
| 86 | The Effects of Nurse Staffing on Adverse Events, Morbidity, Mortality, and Medical Costs | Nursing Research | 2003 | 385 |
| 87 | Revised susceptibility, benefits, and barriers scale for mammography screening | Research in Nursing and Health | 1999 | 384 |
| 88 | Nursing assessment for risk of homicide with battered women | Advances in Nursing Science | 1986 | 383 |
| 89 | Development and psychometric testing of the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale | Research in Nursing and Health | 1999 | 382 |
| 90 | The Delphi Method? | Nursing Research | 1997 | 381 |
| 91 | Cultural differences in responses to a likert scale | Research in Nursing and Health | 2002 | 380 |
| 92 | Hermeneutic research in nursing: developing a Gadamerian-based research method | Nursing Inquiry | 2003 | 380 |
| 93 | High-Fidelity Simulation and the Development of Clinical Judgment: Students' Experiences | Journal of Nursing Education | 2007 | 378 |
| 94 | An Evidence‐Based Approach to Scoping Reviews | Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing | 2016 | 375 |
| 95 | A Conceptual Schema for the Study of the Etiology of Pressure Sores | Rehabilitation Nursing | 1987 | 372 |
| 96 | A meta‐analysis of studies of nurses' job satisfaction | Research in Nursing and Health | 2007 | 369 |
| 97 | Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes | Nursing Research | 1998 | 368 |
| 98 | Transformative learning theory | New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education | 2008 | 367 |
| 99 | The Effects of Postpartum Depression on Maternal-Infant Interaction | Nursing Research | 1995 | 356 |
| 100 | Nursing Homes as Complex Adaptive Systems | Nursing Research | 2003 | 355 |
