1186 TAMU, General Services Complex 979.458.1467 College Station, TX 77843-1186 FAX 979.862.3176 750 Agronomy Road, #3500 http://researchcompliance.tamu.edu Institutional Biosafety Committee Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Institutional Review Board
DATE: 26-Jun-2008
MEMORANDUM
TO: YUMOL, BENJAMIN B
77843-3578
FROM: Office of Research Compliance Institutional Review Board SUBJECT: Initial Review
Protocol
Number: 2008-0365
Title: A Humanistic Approach to Understanding the Migration of Filipino Nurses to the United States
Review
Category: Expedited Approval
Period: 26-Jun-2008 To 25-Jun-2009
Approval determination was based on the following Code of Federal Regulations:
(7) Research on individual or group characteristics or behavior (including, but not limited to, research on perception, cognition, motivation, identity, language, communication, cultural beliefs or practices, and social behavior) or research employing survey, interview, oral history, focus group, program evaluation, human factors evaluation or quality assurance methodologies.
(Note: Some research in this category may be exempt from the HHS regulations for the protection of human subjects. 45 CFR 46.101(b)(2) and (b) (3). This listing refers only to research that is not exempt.)
This research project has been approved for one (1) year. As principal investigator, you assume the following responsibilities
1. Continuing Review: The protocol must be renewed each year in
order to continue with the research project. A Continuing Review along with required documents must be submitted 30 days before the end of the approval period. Failure to do so may result in processing delays
and/or non-renewal.
2. Completion Report: Upon completion of the research project
(including data analysis and final written papers), a Completion Report
must be submitted to the IRB Office.
3. Adverse Events: Adverse events must be reported to the IRB Office
immediately.
4. Amendments: Changes to the protocol must be requested by
submitting an Amendment to the IRB Office for review. The
Amendment must be approved by the IRB before being implemented.
5. Informed Consent: Information must be presented to enable persons
to voluntarily decide whether or not to participate in the research project.
APPENDIX C
INTERVIEW GUIDE QUESTIONS Opening Remarks:
I am doing a research for my dissertation regarding the migration of Filipino nurses to the United States. As someone who is has been in this situation, you are in the best position to describe your thoughts and feelings about the experience, and how it affected your career and your life. The responses that I will get from all the participants that I will interview will be transcribed and summarized in my report. Nothing that you will say will be identified with you personally unless you say so and agree. As we go through the interview, if you have any questions about why I am asking certain questions, please feel free to ask. Or if there is something you do not want to answer, please say so. If at any time during the interview you want to terminate the process, please say so.
Do you have any questions before we begin?
Guide Questions:
I What prompted Filipinos to pursue a nursing career?
• Describe the factors or conditions that prompted you to pursue a career in nursing? Why did you choose this program above any other program? What were your goals?
• What did you go through to become a nurse?
• Describe your experience as an RN in the Philippines
i. What were the things you liked / disliked in the job? ii. Describe how this has affected your life, your career? iii. Describe how your experience helped you achieve your
goals in life.
• What factors or conditions prompted you to leave the country? Where did you initially go? What does this mean to you?
ii. What were your thoughts about your family, your career, and your goals in relation to migrating to the United States?
iii. What do you think would have convinced you to stay in the Philippines?
II How would the Filipino RN describe his or her career in the Philippines and how did this compare with the United States?
• Describe your experience while working as a nurse in the U.S. i. What were the things you liked / disliked in the job? ii. Describe how this has affected your life, your career? iii. Describe how your experience helped you achieve your
goals in life.
• How would you differentiate your experiences working in the Philippines versus working the United States? What does this mean to you?
• Describe how these differences affected you, your family, and your career as a nurse?
• What convinced you to remain in the United States ?
III What did it mean for the Filipino RNs to be immigrants in the United States? • Describe to me the most important thing about your nursing
career? How is this important to you.
• What were your expectations regarding your career as a nurse? • What does this mean to you if you did not get what you expected?
• Describe how migrating to the United States changed your goals, , your career, your life? What meaning can you make of this? • What was the most significant issue or concern about your career,
your family, or your personal goals, or the environment that made you decide to stay in the United States? What does this mean to you?
• How do you see your future and how does your future relate to your personal goals?
VITA
After completing a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines in 1977, Benjamin B. Yumol worked as a human resource management practitioner for over 15 years, the last 5 as a senior executive for food, steel, and semiconductor manufacturing conglomerates. He was also incorporator and Vice-President for Administration of Prime Medical Health Systems, Inc., a medical clinic that provided medical and healthcare services to industrial plants and corporate offices. He was Director, Vice-President, and President of the Association of Personnel Administrators of Rizal, Metro Manila (APARMM) and was an active member of the Personnel Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP), two of the most prestigious professional organizations for human resources in the country.
In 1996, Benjamin completed his Masters of Business Administration at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas, where he also served as the Director for the University’s Adult Program responsible for the overall operations of the Alamo Heights Center. He was also a member of its faculty both as a regular and as an adjunct, teaching business and organizational development courses in both traditional and accelerated format. He completed his doctoral program in Educational Human Resource Development in May 2009 at the Texas A & M University in College Station, Texas. Currently, he is teaching business courses at the Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas.
He can be reached via email at [email protected] or cell phone at 210-818- 6500. His address is 25675 Overlook Parkway, # 1900, San Antonio, Texas 78260.