Champion of Inquiry: The Role of the Nursing Professional Development Specialist in Research Recruitment of Nurses Who Work at Night.

JOB stress prevention; PATIENT selection; EMPLOYEES; EMPLOYEE retention; OCCUPATIONAL roles; PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout; HUMAN research subjects; AMERICAN Nurses Foundation Inc.; WORK environment; PROFESSIONAL employee training; NURSING research; SHIFT systems; WELL-being

Building a nurse wellness research body of work requires recruitment of engaged clinical nurses, which can present challenges. Nursing professional development (NPD) practitioners are well positioned to serve as champions of scientific inquiry through active participation in nursing research. A study examined levels of access, utilization, and perceptions of an electronic, asynchronous integrative health program for clinical nurses who work at night at an academic health system. NPD practitioners who work at night were instrumental in the successful recruitment and implementation for this study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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