Lessons learned from conducting qualitative research in a hospital

• Published in: Nurse researcher Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 40 - 43
• Main Authors: Woith, Wendy Mann, Jenkins, Sheryl Henry, Astroth, Kim Schafer, Kennedy, Julie A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England RCNi 01.11.2014
• Subjects: Adult; Attitude of Health Personnel; Data Collection - methods; Decision Making; Evidence-based nursing; Hospital Rapid Response Team - organization & administration; Hospitals, Community; Humans; Interviews; Middle Aged; Nurse's Role; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing care; Nursing Care - organization & administration; Nursing Research - methods; Nursing Research - organization & administration; Qualitative Research; Recording equipment; Researchers; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Time Management; United States > US; barriers to research; Hospital research; qualitative research; recruitment; nurses

To examine unexpected barriers to the conduct of hospital research during a study of nurses' activation of rapid response teams. We interviewed hospital nurses regarding their decisions to activate rapid response teams and encountered unexpected barriers to the conduct of this study in the hosp...