AIM: To determine whether communication networks exist in a diverse and competitively selected cohort of nurse leaders, and to identify variables that explain any patterns of connection. METHOD: Twenty seven nurse leaders completed a form to ascertain the presence and strength of communication between participants. Data were analysed using social network analysis, generating a visualisation of the network and associated quantitative measures. RESULTS: Participants were poorly connected. Those connections that did exist centred on geographic proximity and participation in regional and global bodies. CONCLUSION: These results help improve understanding of how nurse leaders are connected internationally, and prompt inquiry in to how connections might be strengthened.
AIM: To determine whether communication networks exist in a diverse and competitively selected cohort of nurse leaders, and to identify variables that explain any patterns of connection. METHOD: Twenty seven nurse leaders completed a form to ascertain the presence and strength of communication between participants. Data were analysed using social network analysis, generating a visualisation of the network and associated quantitative measures. RESULTS:Participants were poorly connected. Those connections that did exist centred on geographic proximity and participation in regional and global bodies. CONCLUSION: These results help improve understanding of how nurse leaders are connected internationally, and prompt inquiry in to how connections might be strengthened.
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Communication; nursing leadership; social network analysis
Authors: Pilar Marqués-Sánchez; María F Muñoz-Doyague; Yolanda V Martínez; Martin Everett; Nestor Serrano-Fuentes; Peter Van Bogaert; Ivaylo Vassilev; David Reeves Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2018-06-27 Impact factor: 3.390