A researcher gains support of the medical staff, the nursing staff, and the nurse manager of a cardiothoracic ICU within a prestigious private hospital, aligned with a teaching institution.
A research proposal, concerning ambulation patterns after bypass surgery, is approved by the Human Subjects Committee. Federal funding is obtained. Just before data collection is to begin, the hospital is sold to a large university with a medical school, the nurse manager is replaced with a manger from another hospital in the corporation, and there is a 30 staff turnover. Choose the factors that are real concerns and could impact feasibility. (Select all that apply.)
a. Most of the newly hired nurses are BSNs and newly graduated.
b. The new manager grudgingly allows the research to proceed but makes it clear that she will not support subsequent research until the unit is more stable.
c. Fewer patients come to this hospital now for bypass surgery, going instead to its sister hospital across town.
d. Two of the research assistants, who were already trained, take jobs elsewhere.
e. Staff nurses dislike the new manager and miss the old one.
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