Surveying nurses: Identifying strategies to improve participation

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 487-511

  VanGeest, Jonathan ^a   Johnson, Timothy P ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

nurses; research methods; response rates; surveys

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NURSE; POSTAL MAIL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; REWARD; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNET; MOTIVATION; NURSES; POSTAL SERVICE; RESEARCH DESIGN; REWARD; TELEPHONE;

EID: 83455201002     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278711399572     Document Type: Review

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