A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ASSOCIATE AND BACCALAUREATE DEGREE NURSING PROGRAMS IN PREPARATION OF NURSING STUDENTS FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY HEALTH CARE TEAMS.
Contributors: University of Houston.
Published: 1984
Number of pages: 168
Subjects: Education, Health.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: This study compared associate and baccalaureate degree nursing programs in (1) attitudes of senior students toward interdisciplinary health care teams, (2) student's perception of readiness to function as a team member and (3) health care team curricula content.

The sample included forty-two nursing program; 25 baccalaureate and 17 associate degree programs. Five hundred eighty-eight senior nursing students responded to an "Interdisciplinary Health Care Teams" questionnaire.

Responses to the attitude scale of the questionnaire were analyzed using a "mixed model" univariate analysis of variance. The independent variables were (1) nursing program and (2) schools within each program. The respondent's total attitude score was defined as the dependent variable. Other data obtained from the questionnaire were analyzed using various descriptive and inferential statistical techniques.

The following conclusions were drawn: (1) Senior students from associate and baccalaureate degree nursing programs have positive attitudes toward interdisciplinary health care teams. (2) Attitudes toward health care teams are not a function of the type of nursing program. There is no significant difference between nursing programs. (3) Senior students from baccalaureate degree nursing programs are more prepared in the area of "group dynamics" and the area of "problems and obstacles in functioning as a health care team member." (4) Health care team content is present but not consistently integrated throughout nursing curricula. (5) Attitudes toward interdisciplinary health care teams are not influenced by the amount of health care team course content present in the nursing curriculum.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-05, Section: A, page: 1304.

Thesis (ED.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, 1984.

School code: 0087.