CMS-10467 GNE Qualititave Data Collection Protocols for Interim Ch

EVALUATION OF THE GRADUATE NURSE EDUCATION
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM

QUALITATIVE DATA COLLECTION PROTOCOLS FOR
INTERIM CHECK-IN

(Contract No. CMMI-393-2012-0117)

February 25, 2013

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Graduate Nurse Education Evaluation
Interview Guide: Time 2 Interim CheckIn
Outline with timings
Time in each
section
(in minutes)
8
20
2

Topic
Changes to demonstration project
Challenges and successes
Conclusion

Elapsed time at end of
section
(in minutes)
8
28
30

Introduction (5 minutes)
The overall goals of the evaluation are to characterize the demonstration project, identify the
challenges and successes of implementation, assess the outcomes, and evaluate the potential for
sustainability, improvement, and replication of its outcomes.
This interview will last about 30 minutes. With your approval, we will record audio of the
discussion to assist with note-taking. No one outside the evaluation team will have access to
this recording.
This interview will work best if you do most of the talking. Feel free to speak openly and
candidly about your experiences and perspectives regarding this demonstration.
In the final report, the data gathered through these interviews will be presented in an aggregate
manner, highlighting informational points from specific sites and not from particular individuals.
You will not be identified by name. However, it is possible that someone could attribute
specific comments to you. Hence, at the end of the interview, I’ll ask whether you told me
anything that you wouldn’t want associated with you. If so, we will structure and present the
information so it cannot be linked to you.
Do you have any questions for me before we begin?
Okay, let’s get started.

Changes to the GNE Demonstration Project (8 minutes)
The purpose of this interview is to discuss your ongoing activities related to the GNE
Demonstration Project, including the challenges you have faced and the strategies you have used

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to overcome these challenges. I’d like to begin by discussing any key changes to the
demonstration project since the last time we spoke.
1. Have there been any changes to the nursing program as whole?
• For example, have there been changes to student enrollment, course offerings,
specific curriculum, or staffing?
2. Have there been any changes to the process for coordinating students’ clinical
placements?
• If yes, tell me about those changes.
• What prompted those changes?
3. Are there any organizations that are no longer participating in the demonstration project?
• If yes, which organizations are no longer participating?
• What made these organizations decide not to continue their participation?
4. Are there any new partners to the demonstration project?
• If yes, who are the new organizations?
• How did these organizations become involved in the demonstration project?
5. Since we last spoke, what, if any, changes to policy, procedure, or staffing has your
organization made to support the demonstration project?

Challenges and successes (20 minutes)
6. What milestones or successes have you achieved so far?
7. What do you think facilitated the achievement of these milestones/successes?
8. What are the key challenges you have faced related to your role and responsibility in the
demonstration project?
9. Were you able to overcome these challenges?
• If yes, how so?
• If no, what made it difficult to overcome these challenges?
10. Do you have any suggestions to improve upon the demonstration?

Conclusion (2 minutes)
11. Is there anything that I did not ask about that you would like to share with me, or do you
have any additional thoughts about what we have discussed today?
12. Were there any areas covered during this call that you are particularly concerned about
having your identity connected with? If so, which ones?

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