Grounded theory as a qualitative research methodology

Grounded theory as a qualitative research approach provides nurses with strategies to build theories in areas previously unexplored or under explored. Although similar to other inductive processes, this methodology differs in that it emerges from the discipline of sociology. In addition, strategies for data analysis differ according to each methodologist. As with other qualitative methods, the researcher must link philosophy, methodology, and research method for rigorous and credible scholarship.