Grant M, Anderson P, Ashley M, Dean G, Ferrell B, Kagawa-Singer M, Padilla G, Robinson S B, Sarna L
Department of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA.
Oncol Nurs Forum. 1998 Sep;25(8):1404-12.
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To describe the process of establishing a multisite team to conduct research with a multicultural focus on fatigue.
Articles, book chapters, personal experience.
Teamwork facilitated development of a productive professional working group, sharing of resources, and data collection culminating in a research proposal for studying cancer-related fatigue in a multicultural population.
Establishing a common goal by investing time, committing to the process, and establishing trust was the secret to effective team functioning.
The prospect of multi-institutional collaboration has implications for oncology nurses in the areas of research and practice. Goals that could not be achieved easily in the setting of a single institution are reached more easily with multisite collaboration and teamwork.
