Studying how people experience a phenomenon through a phenomenological approach can be rewarding, but the concepts behind phenomenology emerge from philosophy instead of a quantitative research tradition. Thus, mastering the elements that constitute a phenomenological study can be daunting to the novice researcher. The authors, all professional nurses and nurse educators, set out to clearly explain the history of phenomenology, the philosophical discussions and assumptions that underpin much of its theoretical framework. the methodology that is used hermeneutically, and provide specific advice on how to conduct such a study, from inception to delivery of an article to a scholarly journal, while engaging reflexively with the entire process to ensure that it truly reflects the thematic that arise out of the lived experience of the subjects.
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