ABSTRACT
Objective:
to describe our experience integrating quantitative and qualitative data in a mixed methods study.
Methods:
we described our experience through real-life examples based on a nursing doctoral thesis on professional practice governance within a hospital environment.
Results:
three main topics are delineated in this article: the foundation, characteristics, and typologies of mixed methods research; quantitative and qualitative data collection, analysis, and integration; and the benefits and challenges of mixed methods research.
Conclusion:
it is supported that a mixed method research allowed for the identification of the convergence and divergence between the qualitative and the quantitative data, contributing for the production of results that complement each other.
DESCRIPTORS:
Nursing research. Methodology. Nursing administration research. Nursing service; Hospital. Management. Working environment
