“A life without a supervisor is like a seed that never grows”: Students’ Experiences of Undergraduate Nursing Research Supervision

Cyruz P. Tuppal; Alejandro C. Nonog Jr.; Shanine Mae P. Tuppal; Mark Donald C. Reñosa; Marina Magnolia G. Ninobla; Mary Nellie T. Roa; Christian S. Tu

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“A life without a supervisor is like a seed that never grows”: Students’ Experiences of Undergraduate Nursing Research Supervision

*Cyruz P. Tuppal

- Director, Center for Research and Publication, Emilio Aguinaldo College, Philippines

Alejandro C. Nonog Jr. - Academic Program Coordinator EMS Education and Training Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, United States

Shanine Mae P. Tuppal - Department of Nursing, National Kidney and Transplant Institute, Philippines

Mark Donald C. Reñosa - Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University Heidelberg, Germany

Marina Magnolia G. Ninobla - Oman College of Health Sciences, Oman

Mary Nellie T. Roa - St. Dominic College of Asia, Philippines

Christian S. Tu - Program Chairperson, Nursing Program, School of Health Science Professions, St. Dominic College of Asia, Philippines

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@article{NMJN48952,
    author = {Cyruz Tuppal and Alejandro Nonog Jr. and Shanine Mae Tuppal and Mark Donald Reñosa and Marina Magnolia Ninobla and Mary Nellie Roa and Christian Tu},
    title = {“A life without a supervisor is like a seed that never grows”: Students’ Experiences of Undergraduate Nursing Research Supervision},
    journal = {Nurse Media Journal of Nursing},
  volume = {12},
    number = {3},
    year = {2022},
    keywords = {Caring research; nursing students; Philippines; transcendental phenomenology; undergraduate research supervision},
    abstract = {  Background:  Undergraduate research is an inquiry or investigation conducted by students who develop an original intellectual or creative contribution to the discipline. However, little is known within the Philippine context that explores undergraduate nursing research experience and supervision.   Purpose:  This study illustrated the students’ lived experiences of undergraduate research supervision using transcendental phenomenology.   Methods:  This study made use of transcendental phenomenology. Thirty students enrolled full-time in a nursing research course during the academic year (AY) 2019-2020, and AY 2020-2021 were purposively sampled. These students completed their research projects as required for the nursing research course and were supervised by a mentor. Each participant underwent an in-depth one-on-one interview, of which the responses were transcribed and analyzed based on the modified Stevick-Colaizzi-Keen method.   Findings:  From the thirty-nine significant statements carefully reviewed and clustered into meaning units, three themes emerged, namely (a) re-capturing tripartite challenges in doing research, (b) re-cultivating quintessential requisites in doing research, and (c) re-envisioning the future ahead. These themes provided textural and structural descriptions that intuitively integrate into the essence of the lived experience of being supervised in undergraduate research.  Conclusion:  Undergraduate research supervision resonates with the mutual exchange of novel ideas in a dialogical encounter, collective learning, and participatory-in-action where sciencing and caring thinking is imbued to develop critical thinking, inquisitiveness, and caring intuitiveness.},
   issn = {2406-8799},   pages = {300--315}  doi = {10.14710/nmjn.v12i3.48952},
    url = {https://ejournal.undip.ac.id/index.php/medianers/article/view/48952}
}

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Background: Undergraduate research is an inquiry or investigation conducted by students who develop an original intellectual or creative contribution to the discipline. However, little is known within the Philippine context that explores undergraduate nursing research experience and supervision.

Purpose: This study illustrated the students’ lived experiences of undergraduate research supervision using transcendental phenomenology.

Methods: This study made use of transcendental phenomenology. Thirty students enrolled full-time in a nursing research course during the academic year (AY) 2019-2020, and AY 2020-2021 were purposively sampled. These students completed their research projects as required for the nursing research course and were supervised by a mentor. Each participant underwent an in-depth one-on-one interview, of which the responses were transcribed and analyzed based on the modified Stevick-Colaizzi-Keen method.

Findings: From the thirty-nine significant statements carefully reviewed and clustered into meaning units, three themes emerged, namely (a) re-capturing tripartite challenges in doing research, (b) re-cultivating quintessential requisites in doing research, and (c) re-envisioning the future ahead. These themes provided textural and structural descriptions that intuitively integrate into the essence of the lived experience of being supervised in undergraduate research.

Conclusion: Undergraduate research supervision resonates with the mutual exchange of novel ideas in a dialogical encounter, collective learning, and participatory-in-action where sciencing and caring thinking is imbued to develop critical thinking, inquisitiveness, and caring intuitiveness.

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