title: Nursing research and participant recruitment: organizational challenges and strategies.
abstract: Hospitals as research environments are crucial in advancing evidence-based practice and translational research. The authors discuss issues related to hospital-based nursing research such as institutional review board approval, the HIPAA, structure, unit characteristics, and nurse staffing as well as research-related issues such as study purpose and design, participant recruitment, and research personnel. Strategies and suggestions for nurse executives to assist researchers in overcoming recruitment challenges are presented.
authors.affiliation: Niedfelt Research Fellow, College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA. fweierbach@unmc.edu
authors.forename: Florence M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Weierbach
authors.forename: Doris F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Glick
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: Aletha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rowlands
authors.forename: Courtney H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lyder
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare; D000368:Aged; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000451:nursing; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D018579:Patient Selection / Q000941:ethics; D012107:Research Design; D014481:United States