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dc.contributor.authorRoberts, B
dc.contributor.authorEastwood, GM
dc.contributor.authorRaunow, H
dc.contributor.authorHowe, B
dc.contributor.authorRickard, CM
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:25:06Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:25:06Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2011-08-16T07:29:13Z
dc.identifier.issn0964-3397
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.iccn.2011.02.002
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/40064
dc.description.abstractBackground Many intensive care units (ICU) research coordinators (RCs) work in isolation with limited access to professional development and peer support. Aims (1) To map professional development priorities and "best" and "worst" aspects of the ICU RC role. (2) To compare results of "best" and "worst" aspects to a similar 2004 study. Methods On-line study conducted from July 2009 to October 2009. Respondents scored 26 individual items related to professional development and described in free text "best" and "worst" aspects. Results 56 RCs participated. Maintaining high ethical standards for the research participant was ranked the highest priority. RCs had considerable interest but less confidence in completing own research. The "best" and "worst" aspects exposed three thematic clusters: work conditions; work environment; work role. Most often recorded notations were Work Conditions for "best" and work environment for "worst" aspects. Conclusion RCs judge adherence to international research guidelines the most important pre-requisite for the position and wish involvement in research design and dissemination. With little change from 2004, inadequate peer support and unsatisfactory employment conditions constituted most of the "worst" aspects. Autonomy and working in the ICU team are the "best" aspects of the role in addition to the intellectual stimulation of research.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom129
dc.relation.ispartofpageto137
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalIntensive and Critical Care Nursing
dc.relation.ispartofvolume27
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAcute care
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4205
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420501
dc.titleThe intensive care research coordinator position in Australia and New Zealand: Self-perception of professional development priorities and "best" and "worst" aspects of the position. A cross-sectional web-based study
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2011 Elsevier. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorRickard, Claire


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