title: Lessons learned in multisite, nursing education research while studying a technology learning innovation.
abstract: Multiple challenges must be addressed when educational research is being conducted that involves a teaching innovation at multiple sites over time, including the consistent adoption and use of the intervention, attrition, response rates, and other aspects related to managing a complex study. After an 18-month nursing education study was conducted at multiple institutions across the United States, the authors' study team reflected on strategies that worked well, the challenges faced, and what could have been done differently. This article details the challenges and offers recommendations for other researchers conducting similar studies. Recommendations related to communication and engagement, innovation fidelity, survey fatigue, multiple institutional review board applications, and flexibility are provided.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: North
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Giddens
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D015402:Nursing Education Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012108:Research Personnel; D035842:Research Subjects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States