Breaking from binaries - using a sequential mixed methods design.

Aim: To outline the traditional worldviews of healthcare research and discuss the benefits and challenges of using mixed methods approaches in contributing to the development of nursing and midwifery knowledge.

Background: There has been much debate about the contribution of mixed methods research to nursing and midwifery knowledge in recent years.

Data Sources: A sequential exploratory design is used as an exemplar of a mixed methods approach.