An overview of the Mixed Method Research and its challenges in nursing

‏Considering the importance of the mixed method research in the future of nursing research, it is ‎necessary to examine the challenges faced by nursing researchers and provide solutions for the elimination of ‎problems in this area. ‎The aim of this study is to introduce a brief overview of the mixed method research and its challenges in ‎nursing.‎

This study was performed by reviewing and searching in reliable databases such as Google scholar ‎PubMed, Ovid, Magiran, Sid, with the keyword mixed method research and nursing in Persian and English between ‎the years 2000-2019.‎

In this paper, we have tried to introduce the summary of mixed method ‎research, history, definition, reasons, advantages and disadvantages, the most important typology presented in the ‎nursing is examined and challenges in the design and implementation of mixed method research will be addressed. ‎

The most important challenge in the field of mixed method research in nursing is the lack of a ‎comprehensive and effective guideline to designing and implementing these studies. Therefore, it is recommended ‎that the experts design the appropriate guidelines in order to guide young researchers in conducting mixed method ‎research.