Recruitment
cognitive impairment
RECRUITMENT, RECRUITMENT
The data reported for this intervention study were collected from RN participants between June 2019 and January 2022 in 2 sessions (Recruitment CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) diagram.The 10 SBON lists contained addresses and phone numbers of RNs, with 5 states (Florida, New Mexico, Nebraska, Ohio, and Oregon) also providing email addresses. Potential RN participants from SBON lists without email addresses were contacted through the mail-only approach, and those with email addresses were contacted by either the mixed (mail and email) or email-only approaches. All RNs contacted were randomly selected from these lists and sent recruitment messages with follow-up messaging as per the survey recruitment methods by Dillman et al [Nurses were eligible if they (1) were aged ≥18 years; (2) possessed an RN license; (3) worked on an adult medical-surgical unit in a hospital setting within the last 2 years; and (4) met technical requirements—access to a tablet, laptop, or desktop computer (<4 years old) with a screen size ≥9” on the diagonal; an internet connection of ≥25 Mbps; had Windows 10 operating system, Apple macOS 10, or newer systems; and had the latest versions of Zoom and Google Chrome or Safari. The exclusion criteria were as follows: (1) did not meet technical requirements and all other inclusion criteria; (2) were unable to complete the study owing to physical or cognitive impairment; or (3) were unable to speak, read, or write English. To further enhance generalizability, quotas were set to ensure the representation of important subgroups: men (goal 20%), racial and ethnic minority group participants (goal 35%), and nurses with Associate’s Degree in Nursing as their highest degree (goal 30%). We set out to recruit approximately 20% from the 5 US regions.