“…While qualitative methods allow researchers latitude on data collection to answer the research questions, new qualitative researchers may need prompting on how to collect field notes that provide robust context and facilitate later data analysis. We used our review of the literature, both peer-reviewed articles and books, as well as our own research experiences (Lauderdale & Boyle, 1994; Phillippi, Holley, Payne, Schorn, & Karp, 2016; Phillippi, Holley, Schorn, et al, 2016; Phillippi, Myers, & Schorn, 2014; Struthers, Lauderdale, Nichols, Tom-Orme, & Strickland, 2005), to create a guide to the content of qualitative field notes. Institutional review board approval was not required for this work as only publicly available literature was reviewed.…”