Overcoming barriers to the recruitment of nurses as participants in health care research

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1705-1718

  Broyles, Lauren Matukaitis ^a   Rodriguez, Keri L ^a   Price, Patrice A ^a   Bayliss, Nichole K ^a   Sevick, Mary Ann ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol alcoholism; focus groups; health care; health care, acute critical; nursing; relationships, research; research participation; research, access to participants; research, qualitative; sensitive topics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ETHICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH SUBJECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSING RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 82655171886     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732311417727     Document Type: Article

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