MEASURING THE LEARNING OUTCOMES OF A CONTINUING EDUCATION SEMINAR ABOUT THE AGING PROCESS ON THE KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF REGISTERED NURSES (NURSING EDUCATION).
Contributors: University of North Texas.
Published: 1992
Number of pages: 113
Subjects: Education, Adult and Continuing.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: Although many argue that a lack of knowledge about the aging process exists in the nursing profession, a thorough knowledge of the aging process should be a crucial element in the educational foundation of registered nurses. This study was designed to answer the question: Can a concise continuing education seminar increase the knowledge level about the aging process in a sample of currently licensed registered nurses?.

The impact on the learning outcomes of an accredited continuing education seminar that was developed for this study was analyzed. The continuing education seminar focused on some of the major areas of social gerontology pertinent to nursing. A quasi-experimental design using 67 registered nurses was employed, 33 subjects were in a comparison group and 34 subjects were in an experimental group. The measurement instrument combined Palmore's Facts on Aging Quiz: Parts One and Two to evaluate learning outcomes. Nurses in the comparison group answered an average of 58% of the items on the quiz correct, and nurses in the experimental group answered an average of 78% of the items correct on Palmore's Facts on Aging Quiz: Parts One and Two. An analysis using a t-test for independent samples and a multiple regression demonstrated that the continuing education seminar had a positive effect on the nurses' level of knowledge about the aging process. Although other variables (age, gender, educational level, and previous gerontological training) were analyzed, none were found to have a significant effect on the level of knowledge. An analysis of the internal consistency reliability comparing Part One of Palmore's Facts on Aging Quiz to Part Two revealed a Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha of.86.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-12, Section: A, page: 4169.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS, 1992.

School code: 0158.