Office visit with Margaret

Visited with Margaret and Teresa during lunch hour(s). 

Teresa + Margaret: 688

Teresa wanted to clarify the requirements and plan of action for Nursing 688 - Advanced Role Practicum. 

Objectives for the course will be: 

1. Obtain IRB approval for research project
2. Complete Portfolio
3. Pilot research design and methods

By completing the above tasks, I should be able to record the required 60 hours in my clinical log. 

A quick impromptu discussion related to my career path and goals highlighted the fact even with my latest employment redirection into clinical informatics, I am still dedicated to become a nurse educator in the academic arena. The opportunities that lie on the path ahead will continue to shape my exact niche of expertise. My interest are first and foremost instructional design in nursing education.

Margaret: Research Brainstorming

Margaret and I spent a solid hour brainstorming about the research project and how to get it through IRB approval. A possible solution to the anonymity, is to collect the information in two separate databases from the same instrument (if possible). I need to contact the Department to see if I can have access to a SurveyMonkey account. 

We also explored the discrete data that we would be seeking after. I will be putting together a instrument with possible questions, and cited sources, later tonight. We would like to pilot the instrument as soon as possible after IRB approval. 

The employability theorist, Lee Harvey, is willing to openly correspond as needed. I mentioned that he has received negative press in recent years due a conflict with a peer. However, he is still regarded as a international expert in student survey methodology. 

Things to do:

• Rough draft survey instrument
• Get  in contact with HR Professor at CSUSB
• Flatten Harvey's model into linear format
• Contact department for survey monkey possibilities