GW SON Survey Policy

Policy Statement 

Investigators who wish to survey SON faculty, SON staff or SON students must have the  approval of the GW Nursing Office of Research prior to distributing the survey. 

Reason for Policy

This policy will enable tracking of survey requests and ensure that when a survey is distributed it has been vetted for scientific merit, protection of human subjects, and has a response burden that is concomitant with its value.

Who is Governed by this Policy

All those who endeavor to survey GW faculty, staff or students, including surveyors internal to  GWSON or external to the School. This includes requests from students from other Universities.  The only exception is for standard/regularly occurring surveys, such as course, exit or follow-up graduate, and university mounted by the University and distributed centrally. 

Policy

1. All requests to survey GW SON faculty, staff, or students require vetting by the Associate Dean for Scholarship, Innovation and Clinical Science.  

2. The surveyor should respond to the questions attached to this document, in writing, and  include a copy of the proposed survey. This should be emailed to the Associate Dean at  least 10 business days prior to the proposed survey date. 

3. No survey will be mounted without written permission of the Associate Dean. 4. Once the survey is complete, a report of the results will be provided to the Associate Dean within 1 month of distributing the survey.

Definitions 

Survey: any questionnaire (paper or electronic) or interview schedule where SON faculty, staff or students are the intended sample. 

Forms 

Questions included at the end of this document.

Related Information

Contact the Office of Nursing Research for questions about the policy.