TY - JOUR
T1 - Engaging Clinical Nurses in Research
T2 - Nurses' Experiences Delivering a Communication Intervention in a Behavioral Oncology Clinical Trial
AU - Landon, Leslie
AU - Crane, Stacey
AU - Nance, Stacy
AU - Stegenga, Kristin
AU - Cherven, Brooke
AU - Perez Prado, Luz N.
AU - Butrum, Karen Dawn
AU - Beacham, Barbara
AU - Haase, Joan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - Despite the recognized need for clinical nurses to engage in the conduct of research, little is known about their research experiences. This article describes the experiences of nurses who delivered the communication intervention in a behavioral oncology clinical trial for parents of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer. A qualitative thematic analysis was conducted of nurse interveners' (NIs') reflections on their experiences delivering the communication intervention. Ten data-generating questions were developed to guide NIs' reflections. Twelve NIs responded via verbal discussions. Six of these also provided written responses. Overall, nurses' experiences as interveners were powerful and positive, and included time and space to be fully present with patients and families. Nurse interveners identified barriers to their involvement in research related to time constraints, administrative support, physical space to privately conduct the intervention, and difficulties maintaining expertise with the intervention. The importance of ongoing collaboration between nurses, unit staff, leaders, and study teams was corroborated. An unexpected finding was the importance of reflective clinical research.
AB - Despite the recognized need for clinical nurses to engage in the conduct of research, little is known about their research experiences. This article describes the experiences of nurses who delivered the communication intervention in a behavioral oncology clinical trial for parents of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer. A qualitative thematic analysis was conducted of nurse interveners' (NIs') reflections on their experiences delivering the communication intervention. Ten data-generating questions were developed to guide NIs' reflections. Twelve NIs responded via verbal discussions. Six of these also provided written responses. Overall, nurses' experiences as interveners were powerful and positive, and included time and space to be fully present with patients and families. Nurse interveners identified barriers to their involvement in research related to time constraints, administrative support, physical space to privately conduct the intervention, and difficulties maintaining expertise with the intervention. The importance of ongoing collaboration between nurses, unit staff, leaders, and study teams was corroborated. An unexpected finding was the importance of reflective clinical research.
KW - nurse-patient relations
KW - nursing administration
KW - pediatric cancer
KW - randomized controlled trials
KW - reflective clinical research
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U2 - 10.1097/NAQ.0000000000000341
DO - 10.1097/NAQ.0000000000000341
M3 - Article
C2 - 30839454
AN - SCOPUS:85062592225
SN - 0363-9568
VL - 43
SP - 175
EP - 185
JO - Nursing administration quarterly
JF - Nursing administration quarterly
IS - 2
ER -