A DESCRIPTION OF VALUES EDUCATION PRACTICES AMONG BACCALAUREATE NURSE EDUCATORS IN THE UNITED STATES: CURRENT AND PROJECTED PRACTICES AND PERCEPTIONS OF THE AACN ESSENTIAL VALUES (NURSING EDUCATION).
Contributors: Kent State University.
Published: 1989
Number of pages: 336
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Education, Curriculum and Instruction.; Health Sciences, Education.
Description: Despite the recognized importance of values in clinical decision-making, limited information exists about the inclusion of values in the baccalaureate nursing curriculum. The limited research on values in nursing education suggests that values education experiences are informally planned and randomly included in the nursing curriculum.

The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine the perceptions held by baccalaureate nursing faculty in the United States about: (1) their current teaching of and projected future inclusion of values education experiences in the baccalaureate nursing curriculum, and (2) their perceptions about the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) recommendations for including seven Essential Values in all baccalaureate nursing curricula.

The data were gathered using a three part survey instrument composed of open-ended and fixed-alternative descriptive questions which asked baccalaureate nurse educators to describe their values education practices. The open-ended questions were analyzed using Spradley's Domain Analysis to develop a set of categories and descriptive themes reflective of these responses.

Data analysis indicated the following: (1) values taught in the baccalaureate nursing curriculum have not been systematically identified for inclusion, (2) more baccalaureate nurse educators include values in their informal teaching than in their formal lesson plans, (3) baccalaureate nurse educators generally have few plans to change their future values in education practices, (4) values education practices vary among baccalaureate nurse educators who have had education in values and/or who teach at private religious institutions, and (5) baccalaureate nurse educators generally agree that educational experiences for each of the Essential Values should be included in all baccalaureate nursing curricula.

Values education is an important component of the knowledge needed to enable nurses to fulfill their roles as clinical decision-makers. Information about current values education practices in baccalaureate nursing education might lead to additional knowledge needed to help nurses meet their role demands in a changing world.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-07, Section: B, page: 3399.

Thesis (PH.D.)--KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, 1989.

School code: 0101.