A DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE PERSONAL AND ACADEMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE FOR HOSPITAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (INSERVICE, NURSING).
Contributors: University of Pittsburgh.
Published: 1984
Number of pages: 156
Subjects: Education, Higher.
Description: The purpose of this investigation was to collect and analyze personal and demographic data on those individuals who were responsible for education and training in short term medical/surgical hospitals in the State of Pennsylvania.

A four part survey was sent by indirect mail to 224 persons. Results of this investigation was based on 141 persons (a 62 percent response rate) who carried the title and/or responsibility of directing and developing educational activities for their respective hospitals.

Ninety-three percent of respondents were registered nurses who held a variety of titles, the most frequent being Director. No matter what the position title, respondents had the same top four job responsibilities; orientation of new employees, skill development and maintenance, patient teaching and curricular design. The most common title held by the person to whom respondents reported was that of Director. Sixty-two percent of these Directors had nursing as their departmental area of responsibility.

The most common academic course taken was Learning Theories. Budgetary and Finance Courses were identified as needed, but not taken to enhance job performance.

Since only fifteen percent of respondents reported being employed in a department or unit of Hospitalwide Education and/or Training, it could be concluded that Hospitalwide Education and/or Training Departments are not recognized as the mode for delivery of educational services in the State of Pennsylvania.

The analyzed results provide information that can be utilized in expanding nursing collegiate curricula on a graduate level, or as continuing education curricula for hospital based education and training departments.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, Section: A, page: 1651.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, 1984.

School code: 0178.