January 18, 2012

It has been so long since I have updated this blog. I crossed a milestone this past weekend....I completed all of the didactic courses -- 36 semester hours. Was it worth it? Yes...unequivocally. I learned all along the way.

I am deeply enmeshed in working on my capstone (aka dissertation). I successfully defended my proposal around December 19, 2011. I was able to immediately request IRB approval afterwards. Once IRB approval from the university came through the first week of January I was able to begin data collection. My research project involves Registered Nurse adoption of social networking media -- this is a national study. As of today, I have slighty over 10,600 survey participants. The survey will be open for potential respondents for one more week. Afterwards.....let data analysis begin.