CONCEPTS OF FAMILY AND ROLE PERCEPTIONS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSES IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.
Contributors: Oklahoma State University.
Published: 1985
Number of pages: 129
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: Scope of Study. The purpose of the study was to identify concepts of family and role perceptions held by community health nurses in staff positions in local health departments in Oklahoma. The study sought to answer questions relating to family concepts, role perceptions, perceptions of ideal and actual role performance, individual and family orientation, and correlation between family concepts and role perceptions of community health nurses.

The sample for the study consisted of 217 staff nurses working in local health departments under the supervision of the Oklahoma State Department of Health. The research instrument gathered information about family concepts and role perceptions of community health nurses through Likert-type responses. The items were based on the literature and input from practitioners in the field.

Findings and Conclusions. The importance attached to 15 concepts of family by community health nurses differed significantly. Perceptions of the performance of five roles in the practice of community health nursing differed in both actual and ideal performance but these perceptions were not influenced by education and experience. Perceptions of actual role performance and ideal role performance differed significantly, but the respondents were more individual-care oriented than family-care oriented in both actual and ideal practice. Limited correlations were found between family concepts and role perceptions according to education and experience.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-03, Section: B, page: 0994.

Thesis (PH.D.)--OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1985.

School code: 0664.