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Journal of Emergency Nursing

Research strives to understand truths about particular phenomena, whether it be the pathophysiology of a disease process or how nursing care affects the outcomes of patients. Our knowledge is always evolving over time. To ensure that the information we derive from research data accurately reflects the truth about phenomena under investigation, different research methods are used. Triangulation is one method that helps increase the validity, reliability, and legitimation, which encompasses credibility, dependability, confirmability, and transferability, of research findings. 1 Renz S.M. Carrington J.M. Badger T.A. Two strategies for qualitative content analysis: an intramethod approach to triangulation. Qual Health Res. 2018; 5: 824-831 Google Scholar , 2 Foster S. Triangulation data to improve care. Nurs Manage. 2012; 3: 14-19 Google Scholar , 3 Patton M.Q. Four triangulation processes for enhancing credibility. Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods: Integrating Theory and Practice. 4th ed. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA2015: 661-676 Google Scholar , 4 Varpio L. Ajjawi R. Monroe L.V. O’Brien B.C. Rees C.E. Shedding the cobra effect: problematising thematic emergence, triangulation, saturation, and member checking. Med Educ. 2017; 51: 40-50 Crossref PubMed Scopus (312) Google Scholar Michael D. Moon, Member, San Antonio ENA Chapter, is Associate Professor, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX.

Triangulation: A Method to Increase Validity, Reliability, and Legitimation in Clinical Research