MSN Capstone: Veteran Centered Care.

[Sapphy, BSN, RN]

Introduction:You are invited to participate in a research project being conducted by a researcher from Western Governors University. Mrs. Karyn J Hodgins is conducting research to determine if nurses who are employed at private sector facilities are adequately prepared to provide comprehensive veteran centered care.

Description of the project:The purpose of this research is to determine if there is adequate education being provided to nursing staff in the private sector regarding the care of veterans at non-VA facilities. The research will be a survey with simple questions that is posted on a website that is for nurses and nursing students. There is no classroom participation required. The participant will be asked to click on a hyperlink within a message board that will take them to a survey with simple questions. The researcher asks that the survey be answered to completion

Benefits and Risks of this study:The benefits of this study to the participant will be increase of self awareness regarding the unique needs of veterans. Nurses may not even realize that there is a unique set of health problems within the veteran population. As a result, nurses will be able to ascertain the current level of awareness and possibly raise awareness within their own facilities.

Confidentiality: All answers to the survey will remain confidential and will be compiled with numerical results only. There are no identifying questions within the survey itself. Your identity will never be disclosed in reports. The anonymous quantitative data contained in the research will be published.

Voluntary participation and withdrawal:Participation in this survey is on a voluntary basis. If you choose to participate you are asked to complete the entire survey and to answer each question as honestly as possible. Non-participation incurs no penalties of any type. If you chose to participate in this research, you may withdraw at any time without penalty.

Questions, Rights and Complaints: If you have any questions concerning this study you may respond to this post. You may also contact the researcher at any time at [email protected]. The final results will be posted on the Allnurses website for review.

Consent statement: By completing this survey, I confirm that I have read and understood the information. I understand that my participation is voluntary and that I am free to withdraw at any time.

To complete the survey, click the link below

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MHQXKB6

[Sapphy, BSN, RN]

Thank you to those of you who have completed my survey. It is 5 days until the survey closes and I would like to get as many responses as possible! For those of you who have not, I would greatly appreciate you taking 5 minutes to answer some questions.