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Tenses can be extremely challenging and there are varied thoughts on their use in academic writing.  Prof Liz van Aswegen suggests the following  Sections Tenses Research Proposal Future tense Abstract Past tense Significance of the research Present tense Introduction Present tense Literature review Present tense Methodology Chapter Past tense ( generally ) Findings Chapter Past tense Discussion/Significance of findings Present tense Recommendations Present tense Some useful comments can be found on  The tense debate

Mrs. Roziers a Lecturer at Western Cape College of Nursing recently co- wrote an article "Newly qualified South African nurses' lived experience of the transition from student to community service nurse: a phenomenological study." Authors:  Reinette L. Roziers, MSc, RN; Una Kyriacos, PhD, MSc, RN; Elelwani L. Ramugondo, PhD, MSc, BSc OT Published in The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, February 2014 - Volume 45 • Issue 2: 91-100. DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20140122-01. Abstract BACKGROUND: This study attempted to fill a gap in the published South African literature regarding newly qualified nurses' preparedness for and experience of role transition to a 1-year compulsory commitment of community service nurse. METHODS: Husserlian descriptive phenomenology, characterized by inductive extraction of units of meaning from transcribed audiotaped recordings, was used to establish the "essence" of the lived experience of role transition. Data were c