HOSPITAL AND NON-HOSPITAL NURSES AS PATIENT TEACHERS: FACTORS AFFECTING NURSE ASSUMPTION OF THE TEACHING ROLE.
Contributors: Florida State University.
Published: 1988
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: Hospital and non-hospital nurses as patient teachers were the focus of this study. This study was based on Kinnaird's theoretical model, the Dynamic Model of Nurse Participation in Patient Education (1987). A questionnaire was developed to study (1) nurse perception of the work environment as "enabling" or "disabling" of patient teaching, (2) nurse perception of the patient teaching role, and (3) nurse perception of patients as learners. These factors comprise the INTRAPERSONAL component of Kinnaird's model.

Teaching acts were grouped by domain and by purpose. The affective domain was reported to be utilized most frequently by all respondents. Hospital and non-hospital nurses, however, reported different purposes for teaching; non-hospital nurses reported using health maintenance more frequently than did hospital nurses.

The study has implications for both role definition and for continuing education. Results indicate that perceived role orientation and perceived patient needs were significantly correlated with assumption of the teaching role by hospital and non-hospital nurses. Accordingly, the INTRAPERSONAL component of Kinnaird's model (1987) was a significant aspect in nurse assumption of the teaching role. ANOVA did not demonstrate significant differences between hospital and non-hospital nurses as patient teachers.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-12, Section: B, page: 5230.

Thesis (PH.D.)--THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1988.

School code: 0071.