Multisite clinical research: a challenge for nursing leaders.
The need for the application of research-based data to diversified healthcare systems has led to more attempts by nurse researchers to investigate phenomena across clinical sites. Nurse executives increasingly are asked to justify resource allocation among organizations, and must compare patient-care practices within complex systems that are often geographically distant. This article describes the pitfalls encountered and the progress made by researchers during a 4-year multisite, multimethod clinical investigation collecting clinical outcome and organizational context data from seven hospitals.
Koehler
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University of Kansas School of Nursing, Kansas City, USA.
Miller
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KL
Vojir
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Hester
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Foster
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D002648:Child; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D003142:Communication; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D012108:Research Personnel; D014195:Travel