A Qualitative Study of Midlevel Nurse Managers' Perspectives of Scholarly Inquiry

Mary Jo Lombardo1, Anna Vioral, Cathaleen Ley

  • 1Author Affiliations: Clinical Education Program Manager (Dr Lombardo), Howard County General Hospital/Johns Hopkins Medicine, Columbia, Maryland; Director Oncology Practice and Professional Development, QOPI Certification Surveyor (Dr Vioral), Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Director, Nursing Quality and Research (Dr Ley), Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, Maryland; Network Liaison (Alderfer), Office of Research, Reading Hospital Tower Health, Pennsylvania; Critical Care Nursing Professional Development Specialist (Mackay), Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center, Lanham, Maryland; Associate Professor/Nurse Practitioner (Dr Kverno), Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland; Special Care Nursery PACE Registered Nurse IV (Dr Milburn), Sibley Memorial Hospital/Johns Hopkins Medicine, Washington, DC; Senior Director of Transitions and Patient Experience (Dr Hohl), Johns Hopkins Home Care Group, Baltimore, Maryland; Nursing Practice and Professional Development Specialist (Dr Lindauer), Johns Hopkins Health System, Baltimore, Maryland; Network Coordinator (Gerstenhaber), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

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