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I'm interested in nurses (RN or higher) from anywhere and any practice specialty. I'm advertising locally via fliers and presentations. I've run into a roadblock in my efforts to recruit heavily from nurses in our medical center. Nurse managers have been very receptive to helping me recruit, but want to run it through the 'nursing research council' first. After an initial (seemingly positive) response from the head of the council, I've been essentially ignored. I find it curious that nurses make life and death decisions everyday but can't decide for themselves whether or not they want to participate in a research project on their own time. Since my study is completely online, I've been trying to recruit nationally as well. I've had some success tapping into my contacts around the country, but this too has been very slow going. Certainly, my research is much more important and pressing to me than anyone else, particularly strangers who hear about it through the grapevine. Guess I just have to keep plugging along. Thanks for the tips.

Thanks for the ideas, all of which are good. I've done the nursing school bit with little success. It's been kind of hit and miss with the leadership body route; some people were responsive, others not so much. Still though, not much success in terms of enrolled participants. I think you're right about some online skepticism, so, yes, this would seem like an ideal place to recruit. I'm new here, so don't know if this is ok. Would it be kosher to post recruiting announcements on the various forums here?

I'm doing an online study investigating how nurses make clinical decisions. I thought since the study is online and offers a CEU or money as compensation, that recruitment of nurses (RN or higher) to participate would be a breeze. Boy was I wrong. I think I've exhausted all of my personal and professional contacts, and so am looking for advice on how else to recruit nurses. Again, I need nurses with at least an RN, so RN-to-BSN and graduate students can participate as well as run of the mill professional nurses. Any ideas or help? Thanks much from this desperate researcher.