Invitation to nurses to participate in Nurse PhD research study

to explore the influence of body temperature on the initiation of clinical practice guidelines for neutropenic sepsis in haematology oncology patients

Dear member,

We are sending this invitation on behalf of Christine Mackey, a PhD candidate, who is undertaking a research study to explore the influence of body temperature on the initiation of clinical practice guidelines for neutropenic sepsis. The study meets our criteria and we have confirmation it has ethical approval. The decision to participate in this study is completely voluntary and participants are able to withdraw at any time. The organisation will have no knowledge of who has, or has not, participated. Please direct any queries to the researcher and not the organisation.

The Principle investigator is Christine Mackey, a Registered Nurse with over 20 years of experience in cancer /haematology nursing currently undertaking a PhD at Edith Cowan University. The study: ‘What is the influence of body temperature on the initiation of clinical practice guidelines for neutropenic sepsis in haematology oncology patients/: A patient and nurse perspective’. Edith Cowan University Ethics approval number: 2019-00831-MACKEY

The study will include 2 groups of nurses, haematology nurses and emergency nurses. There are 2 phases to this study, an anonymous electronic self-administered questionnaire and an optional short 15-20 minute semi-structured telephone interview. You can choose to:-

• participate in the phase 1 survey only
• or participate in the phase 1 survey and express an interest to be considered for the phase 2 interview.

If you would like to participate in the study please follow the link below for more information about the study (information letter) and click on the link for the Qualtrics electronic survey

• Information Sheet about the study 
• Qualtrics electronic survey 

The survey should take approximately 10 minutes of your time and includes multiple choice and matrix questions with the opportunity for free text.

The survey will be open for 3 weeks.

Thank you for your valuable time.

Regards

Christine Mackey, PhD Candidate:   

Email: cmackey1@our.ecu.edu.au