PhD student needs a hospital to study

To Whom It May Concern:

I am a student currently working on my Ph.D. degree in Information Systems at the Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. As part of my dissertation, I am planning to conduct a survey of nurses who are required to carry or wear as part of their jobs ID badges with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags embedded in them. I have been unable to uncover any other studies that have investigated the perceptions of nurses required to use RFID technologies in a medical environment using the survey method. The primary goal of this study is to investigate the underlying feelings, perceptions, and attitudes of the nurses towards RFID technology. The ultimate goal is to provide hospitals and medical centers that require their nurses to use RFID technology with information that they can use to resolve barriers that may impede their nurses’ acceptance and use of the technology.

My research study will involve having a group of nurses currently required to use RFID technologies complete a confidential online survey asking them a series of questions relating to six constructs, including privacy concerns, attitude towards RFID technology, perception of control over their RFID technology usage (controllability), social pressure to use RFID technology (subject norms), and belief in their ability to use RFID technology (self-efficacy). To that end, I am interested in speaking with you to find out more about your hospital’s use of RFID technologies and whether your hospital’s nursing staff would be able to participate in my study. Please feel free to email me at graceandglory13@sbcglobal.net with a telephone number at which you can be reached and dates/times at which it would be best for me to contact you. Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Very Truly Yours,


Adam Norten