Deborah Rugs, PhD, is Research Health Science Specialist, Primary Evaluator, Workforce Management and Consulting Evaluations Projects, and Director, VA Nursing Innovations Center for Evaluation, Research and Development Service, James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital and Clinics, Tampa, Florida.
Nicole Nedd, EdD, APRN, is Director, Scholarships & Clinical Education Services, Veterans Health Administration Office of Workforce Management and Consulting, New Orleans, LA.
Lynn Deitrick, PhD, RN, is Qualitative Researcher, Research and Development Service, James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital and Clinics, Tampa, Florida.
Kimberly S. Hall, MA, BS, RN, is Health Science Specialist, Research and Development Service, James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital and Clinics, Tampa, Florida.
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
This study was funded by Veterans Health Administration Office of Workforce Management and Consulting.
ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Deborah Rugs, Research and Development Service, James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital and Clinics, 8900 Grand Oak Circle, Tampa, FL 33637 (e-mail: [email protected]).
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