Janice M. Morse

Janice M. Morse, RN, PhD, FAAN

Academic Office Information

janice.morse@nurs.utah.edu

Janice M. Morse, PhD (Nurs), PhD (Anthro), FAAN, is a professor and presidential endowed chair at the University of Utah College of Nursing, and professor emeritus, University of Alberta, Canada. She has also held positions as professor at the University of Alberta, Canada, and The Pennsylvania State University. From 1997-2007 she was the founding director and scientific director of the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, University of Alberta, founding editor of the International Journal of Qualitative Methods, and editor for the Qual Press monograph series. She presently serves as the founding editor of Qualitative Health Research (now in Volume 21), is the editor for the monograph series Developing Qualitative Inquiry, and The Essentials of Qualitative Inquiry (Left Coast Press). Her research programs are in the areas of suffering and comforting, preventing patient falls (she is the author of the Morse Fall Scale, used internationally to triage the fall-prone patient), and developing qualitative methods. Morse was an inaugural inductee into the Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame, was the 5th recipient of the Episteme Award (Sigma Theta Tau), and has been awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Newcastle (Australia) and Athabasca University (Canada). She is the author of 460 articles and book chapters and 21 books on qualitative research methods, suffering, comforting, and patient falls.

Research Statement

Educational: The majority, but not all, of Morse’s research uses her background in anthropology to study behavior using qualitative research methods. She has been instrumental in the development of methods, to clarify methods of concepts and theory development, and to communicate the value of qualitative inquiry. She is considered one of the “founders of mixed methods design.” She has taught qualitative methods in courses and international workshops for 3 decades, mentored postdoctoral students, and published extensively about qualitative inquiry. Her greatest contribution was the establishment of the International Institute of Qualitative Methodology (IIQM) in 1997 at the University of Alberta. In 10 years, this Institute linked, through 9 international sites, 115 universities, offered 2 international conferences/year in Qualitative Health Research and Advances in Qualitative Methods, workshop series, and provided pre- and post-doc training opportunities through EQUIPP (Enhancing qualitative understanding of the illness processes and prevention), a $1.6 Million CIHR training grant. During this time, the Qual Press published 8 monographs; the IJQM (International Journal of Qualitative Methods; an open access, multi-lingual, online journal) was established; and the IIQM supported think tanks and conducted research about and using qualitative inquiry. This work in the use of qualitative inquiry to humanize health care is, in 2011, being extended to the Global Congress for Qualitative Health Research, and launched at its first conference in Korea in June, 2011.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Morse JM (03/01/2018). Theoretical Coalescence: A Method to Develop Qualitative Concepts and Theory. The Example of Enduring. Nurs Res, 67, 177-187.
  2. Hawkins S (10/01/2017). The Paradox of safety in medication management. Qual Health Res, 27(13).
  3. Olausson JM (10/01/2017). Psychosocial response to new-onset diabetes as a long-term effect of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Qual Health Res, 27(12), 1816-1827.
  4. Vann-Ward T (06/01/2017). Preserving self: Theorizing the social and psychological processes of living with Parkinson Disease. Qual Health Res, 27(7), 964-982.
  5. Prothero M (04/01/2017). Eliciting the functional processes of apologizing for errors in healthcare: Developing an explanatory model of apology. Glob Qual Nurs Res, 4, 1-9.
  6. Prothero M (02/16/2017).
  7. Morse JM (02/01/2017). The globalization of qualitative nursing research methods. Salute e Socteta: La Ricerca Infermieristica a Livello Internazionale. XVI, 2, 9-23.
  8. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (05/2016).
  9. Merryweather AS Morse JM Doig AK Godfrey NW Gervais P Bloswick DS (12/01/2015). Effects of bed height on the biomechanics of hospital bed entry and egress. 52, 707-13. (Read full article)
  10. Morse JM (10/01/2015). Using qualitative methods to access the pain experience. 9, 26-31. (Read full article)
  11. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (06/2015).
  12. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (05/2015).
  13. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (05/2015).
  14. Morse JM (02/2015).
  15. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (02/2015).
  16. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (01/2015).
  17. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (09/2014).
  18. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (04/2014).
  19. Morse JM (09/01/2012).
  20. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (04/2012).
  21. Morse JM (03/01/2011).
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Book

  1. Morse JM (08/01/2017). Analyzing and conceptualizing the theorectical foundations of nursing. Springer.
  2. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (03/2017).
  3. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (03/2017).
  4. Morse JM (03/01/2017). Developing Qualitative-Driven Mixed-Methods Design. Routledge.
  5. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (06/2016).
  6. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (03/2016).
  7. Morse JM (03/2016).
  8. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (01/2014).
  9. Morse JM (11/11/2013).
  10. Morse JM (12/12/2012).
  11. Morse JM (12/12/2011).
  12. RichardsL (12/2011).
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Book Chapter

  1. Morse J M (04/2018). The nuances of theoretical sampling for grounded theory. In SAGE Handbook of current developments in grounded theory. . In Sage, London (pp. 145-166). Sage, London.
  2. Morse JM (03/01/2018). Data-related issues in qualitatively-driven mixed-method designs: Sampling, pacing, and reflexivity. In SAGE Inc. SAGE Inc.
  3. Morse JM (03/01/2018). The nuances of theorectical sampling for grounded theory. In SAGE Inc. SAGE Inc.
  4. Morse J M (11/2017). Reframing rigor in qualitative inquiry, Sage Handbook of Qualitative Inquiry (5th ed). Ed by N. Denzin and Y. Lincoln. Sage.
  5. Morse JM (06/07/2017). Reframing rigor in qualitative inquiry. In SAGE Inc. SAGE Inc.
  6. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (03/2017).
  7. MORSE JM (01/21/2017).
  8. Morse JM (04/2016).
  9. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (01/01/2016).
  10. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (01/2016).
  11. Morse JM (07/2015).
  12. Morse JM (04/2015).
  13. Applegate M (02/2015).
  14. Morse JM (01/2015).
  15. Morse JM (11/11/2014).
  16. Applegate M (11/11/2013).
  17. Morse JM (11/11/2013).
  18. Morse JM (11/11/2013).
  19. Morse JM (09/01/2012).
  20. Morse JM (11/2011).
  21. Morse JM (06/01/2011).
  22. More JM (03/01/2011).
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Conference Proceedings

  1. Taylor D (10/2019). The natural sit-to-stand of the frail. . Proceedings of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Expositions, Proceedings of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Expositions, ASME2019.
  2. (04/2010).

Other

  1. Morse JM (11/2016).
  2. Morse JM (05/01/2016). Underlying Ethnography. Qual Health Res (26, pp. 875-6). Qualitative health research. (Read full article)
  3. Morse JM (01/2016).
  4. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (10/2015).
  5. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (09/2015).
  6. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (06/2015).
  7. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (04/2015).
  8. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (02/2015).
  9. Janice Morse RN PhD FAAN (01/2015).
  10. Doig A (11/11/2013).
  11. Morse JM (11/11/2013).
  12. Morse JM (09/2011).
  13. Morse JM (08/2011).
  14. Morse JM (08/2011).
  15. Morse JM (03/2011).
  16. Morse JM (02/2011).
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Patent

  1. Heinz D, Morse JM (1991). Variable height bed. International Publications No: 92/00712, Abandoned: April 6, 1992. U.S. Patent No. PCT/CA91/00236. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  2. Stedman J, Morse JM (1991). Bed alarm. Abandoned April 6, 1992. U.S. Patent No. 91 07 248.8.. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.