Dear Registered Nurse Participant: Thank you for your assistance in completing my doctoral research project at Dowling College. The purpose of this study is to understand Registered Nurse perceptions of their own and their immediate supervisor’s behaviors and attitudes related to spirituality in the workplace, their collaboration in practice, job satisfaction, and commitment to the nursing profession. The benefit of this study is to assist nursing leaders and educators in identifying Registered Nurse perceptions of behaviors and attitudes related to spirituality in the workplace and their relationship to nurse-supervisor collaboration, job satisfaction, and commitment to the nursing profession. Please access and complete the web-based version of the survey by September 20, 2008, by clicking on the link below. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=W3AQDP7yeqtQtVFz7B_2bxpg_3d_3d">ClickIMPORTANT: complete this version of the survey only if you have not completed and returned the hard-copy version which you received by mail. At the conclusion of this study, a debriefing letter will be posted at the Dowling College website (www.dowling.edu), under the Department of Educational Administration, Leadership and Technology, “Ed.D. News and Events,” where a basic summary of the results of this study may be read. If you have any questions about the study, you may contact me at 631-949-9505 or at kxb21@dowling.edu, my dissertation chairperson, Dr. Robert Manley, at manleyr@dowling.edu, or the Dowling Institutional Review Board Chair, Dr. Maura Pilotti at 631-244-5012 for questions regarding your rights. Thank you again for your participation and support of nursing research. Sincerely, Kathleen Bratby, MSN, RN Doctoral Candidate Dowling College 