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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Comput Inform Nurs. 2015 Aug;33(8):359–367. doi: 10.1097/CIN.0000000000000177

Table 2. Participant Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria.

Participant Group Inclusion Criteria Exclusion Criteria
RN

  1. ≥ 21 yr.,

  2. able to communicate in English,

  3. has been employed in staff nurse line as a RN in one of the six units for at least 12 months,

  4. works at least 80% (32 hours per week) as regular staff providing direct patient care in one of the six units,

  5. licensed RN in Michigan

 1. Works as a contingent or travel nurse
Patients

  1. ≥ 21 yr.,

  2. able to communicate in English,

  3. has been hospitalized in the study unit for at least one overnight stay

  1. has been officially discharged from the study unit,

  2. has any hearing deficits.

  3. has any cognitive impairment

  4. isimmunocompromised or on telemetry.

  5. has an infectious disease such as, C. difficile, vancomycin-resistant enterococcus, infleunza, tubercolosis

  6. on complete bedrest or unable to leave room to go to meeting room

  7. has recently returned from medical procedure involving sedation