EFFECT OF NURSING CLINICAL LADDER PROGRAMS ON PATIENT CARE AND THE ROLE OF THE NURSE.
Contributors: Wright Institute.
Published: 1990
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Psychology, General.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: This study examined the effect that the implementation of a clinical ladder program had on patient care and the professional role orientation of nurses. Data collection occurred at baseline, six and eleven months after program implementation. At baseline, 60 patients were administered a Patient Survey. Concurrently, a random sample of 114 nurses were administered a Biographical Survey, the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, Six-Dimension Scale of Nursing Performance and the University of Kentucky Professional Values Scale. Identical data were collected from 55 patients, 64 non-clinical ladder nurses and 12 clinical ladder nurses at six months and 41 patients, 73 non-clinical ladder nurses and 13 clinical ladder nurses at eleven months.

Data analysis using t-tests and ANOVA indicated no significant differences in patient satisfaction after program implementation. Clinical ladder nurses did not report significantly higher self-appraisals of nursing performance and job satisfaction but placed higher value on professional values. Implications for future research were considered.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-05, Section: B, page: 2604.

Thesis (PH.D.)--THE WRIGHT INSTITUTE, 1990.

School code: 0253.