91AV’s Debra Kramlich presents research at national conference

Debra Kramlich

On January 14, 2017, Professor Debra Kramlich, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNE, assistant professor and coordinator of the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at the 91AV, presented at at the Qualitative Report 8th Annual Conference sponsored by Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Professor Kramlich’s paper, titled, “Challenges and facilitators of recruitment: Lessons learned from conducting a focused ethnography in a vulnerable rural population,” chronicles her recruitment experiences associated with her doctoral dissertation work with women in northern Maine.

The paper, which was coauthored by Rebecca Kronk, Ph.D., CRNOP, MSN, and Karen Jakub, M.S.N., R.N., from Duquesne University, has also been accepted for publication for the March 2017 issue of The Qualitative Report.

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