MSN Capstone: Caring for Patients with Advanced Dementia on a Psychiatric Unit

[SLThomasRN]

Introduction

Inpatient Psychiatric Nurses are invited to participate in a research project being conducted by a researcher from Western Governors University. Sharon L Thomas is conducting research to determine the knowledge and perceptions of psychiatric nurses caring for patients with advanced dementia.

Description of the project:

- The purpose of this research is to determine the knowledge and perceptions of nurses caring for patients with advanced dementia in order to improve dementia care on the psychiatric inpatient units.

- The researcher will be posting research questions on AllNurses.com via a link to SurveyMonkey.com.

- Nurses will not be taken away from patient care, and the nurses will answer the questions when it is most convenient for them.

- The participant will be asked to answer the specific open-ended research questions relating to the participants knowledge of and experience with dementia patients. There will be demographic questions as well, such as age, gender, ethnicity, education, and years of experience.

Benefits and Risks of this study: The benefit of this study is that the data collected may lead to improving the care of patients with dementia on the psychiatric inpatient units. There are no risks to patients or to the participants involved in this study.

Confidentiality: The participants will select the time and place to answer the questions online. All data will be stored in a locked file cabinet or in a password-protected computer and only the researcher will have access to these items. All data will be aggregated.

Voluntary participation and withdrawal: Participants may choose to voluntarily participate or withdraw from the study. Participants will not be penalized for non-participation.

Questions, Rights and Complaints: Participants may contact the researcher at: Sharon L. Thomas, 680 Carrier Drive, Pensacola, FL 32506, 303-902-7844, [email protected].

The link to the survey is: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RNGRRMK

[tnbutterfly - Mary, BSN]

Moved to Psychiatric Nursing forum.

[SLThomasRN]

I need a few more participants, please. Thank you very much to all who have already filled out my survey. I really appreciate your help! Sharon

[SLThomasRN]

I see this was moved. I thought I had posted it in both the Students Forum and the Psychiatric Forum. I need a few more participants. Do you have any suggestions? I am new at using AllNurses.com, so any advice is appreciated. Thanks