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Nursing Work: Understanding A Scarce Resource, Patricia Groves
Nursing Work: Understanding A Scarce Resource, Patricia Groves
Patricia S. Groves
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Secrets Of Successful Short Grant Applications, Patricia Groves, S. Rawl, M. Wurzbach, N. Fahrenwald, M. Cohen, D. Mccarthy Beckett, J. Zerwic, B. Given, D. Algase, G. Alexander, V. Conn
Secrets Of Successful Short Grant Applications, Patricia Groves, S. Rawl, M. Wurzbach, N. Fahrenwald, M. Cohen, D. Mccarthy Beckett, J. Zerwic, B. Given, D. Algase, G. Alexander, V. Conn
Patricia S. Groves
The National Institutes of Health has implemented new grant application guidelines that include a substantial reduction in the number of pages allowed for project descriptions. Shorter proposals will potentially decrease reviewer burden, but investigators may find the new page limits challenging. Writing more concisely while still presenting a persuasive argument requires honing certain skills with regard to preparation, construction, and editing of proposals. This article provides strategies from the Western Journal of Nursing Research editorial board for preparing competitive shorter research proposals. Two key strategies for success are fully conceptualizing the study prior to writing and obtaining assistance from experienced …
Keeping Patients Safe In Healthcare Organizations: A Structuration Theory Of Safety Culture, Patricia Groves, R. Meisenbach, Jill Scott-Cawiezell
Keeping Patients Safe In Healthcare Organizations: A Structuration Theory Of Safety Culture, Patricia Groves, R. Meisenbach, Jill Scott-Cawiezell
Patricia S. Groves
groves p.s., meisenbach r.j. & scott-cawiezell j. (2011) Keeping patients safe in healthcare organizations: a structuration theory of safety culture. Journal of Advanced Nursing 67(8), 1846-1855. ABSTRACT: Aim. This paper presents a discussion of the use of structuration theory to facilitate understanding and improvement of safety culture in healthcare organizations. Background. Patient safety in healthcare organizations is an important problem worldwide. Safety culture has been proposed as a means to keep patients safe. However, lack of appropriate theory limits understanding and improvement of safety culture. Data sources. The proposed structuration theory of safety culture was based on a critique of …
Protecting The Power Of Interventions Through Proper Reporting, V. Conn, Patricia Groves
Protecting The Power Of Interventions Through Proper Reporting, V. Conn, Patricia Groves
Patricia S. Groves
Authors, reviewers, and journal editors are responsible for ensuring that standards of research reporting include detailed descriptions of interventions. The impact of nursing intervention research is much reduced when interventions are poorly described. Nursing research reports often fail to detail descriptions of interventions sufficiently to move future research forward, apply new knowledge in practice, and refine theories. To address this deficit, the authors constructed detailed guidelines for reporting interventions. Based on a review of health care literature, these guidelines include a discussion of theoretical, participant, interventionist, content, and delivery intervention elements with rationale for their inclusion. Suggestions for presenting this …