Nurses |
Inclusion Criteria: |
(Registered Nurses [RNs] and Licensed Practical Nurses [LPNs]) |
1. Identify a unit within a facility where they have worked for at least three months and are now working |
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2. Work a minimum of six shifts per month on this unit |
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Exclusion Criteria: |
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1. Licensed Practical Nurse/Registered Nurse Student |
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2. Nursing instructors whose primary role is supervising students |
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Allied Healthcare Providers |
Inclusion Criteria: |
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1. Identify a facility in which they provide at least one third (i. e., at least 6 days a month) of their long-term care services |
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Exclusion Criteria: |
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1. Allied Healthcare Student |
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2. Allied instructors whose primary role is supervising students |
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Physicians |
Inclusion Criteria: |
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1. Physicians who see ten or more residents in a facility |
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2. The Medical Director of the facility |
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Exclusion Criteria: |
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1. Physicians not currently seeing residents |
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2. Residents or medical students |
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3. Academic staff |
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Practice Specialists |
Inclusion Criteria: |
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1. Identify a facility in which they provide at least one third (i. e., at least six days a month) of their long-term care services |
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Exclusion Criteria: |
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1. Academic staff |
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2. Clinical instructors whose primary role is supervising students |
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Care Managers |
Inclusion Criteria: |
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1. Identify one facility in which they work more than 50% of the time. |
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2. Facility administrators when there is no care manager who is responsible for resident care (e. g. only one unit in the facility) |
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Exclusion Criteria: |
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1. Managers not responsible for resident care (e. g., dietary managers, materials management managers) |