PERCEPTIONS OF DIRECTORS OF NURSING REGARDING THE EDUCATION AND UTILIZATION OF MASTERS PREPARED NURSE CLINICIANS.
Contributors: University of Pittsburgh.
Published: 1985
Number of pages: 147
Subjects: Education, Higher.
Description: A descriptive study was conducted to determine the perceptions of 34 directors of nursing regarding specific knowledge and skills nurse clinicians should possess to be employed in medical/surgical settings. The study also sought to ascertain the value nursing directors would place on nurse clinicians with skills and knowledge they perceived as important.

The results indicate that the nursing directors considered both traditional nursing and expanded role skills, to be very important for nurse clinicians employed in medical/surgical settings. The participants also rated geratrics/gerontology, stress reduction, family theory, and the more traditional medical/surgical areas of knowledge to be very important. The type of nurse clinicians the directors of nursing indicated they would most likely employ were gerontological, oncology, and general medical/surgical nurse clinicians. The value the nursing directors placed on nurse clinicians with the knowledge and skills they perceived as important was relatively high.

The participants indicated they would employ nurse clinicians with the knowledge and skills they perceived as important. This finding points to the need for nurse educators to assess their external environments regarding the need for nurse clinicians with specific skills and expertise. This type of ongoing assessment is critical to the relevance and future of academic programs preparing nurse clinicians.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-06, Section: A, page: 1533.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, 1985.

School code: 0178.