RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERCEIVED NEEDS TOWARD BACCALAUREATE NURSING EDUCATION AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE AND DIPLOMA NURSE.
Contributors: University of Southern Mississippi.
Published: 1983
Number of pages: 293
Subjects: Education, Adult and Continuing.
Description: The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship of the perceived needs of the associate degree and diploma nurse toward baccalaureate nursing education and specific predictor variables. The predictor variables were examined for a composite effect and the independent effect on the criterion variable. Each perceived need of the criterion variable was examined for a difference in the perception toward baccalaureate nursing education of the associate degree and of the diploma nurse.

The subjects of the study were selected randomly from the total number of practicing, licensed, registered nurses in the state of Mississippi who graduated from an associate degree or diploma program. The data were analyzed by use of multiple regression analysis, the independent t test, basic correlation, and basic statistical analysis.

The analysis determined there was a significant independent relationship between the criterion variable of perceived needs and the predictor variable of race when race was withheld and the remaining predictor variables were held constant. Analysis for differences in the perception of needs of the two groups of nurses revealed a difference on three items (needs) of the criterion variable. These were the perceived needs: part-time employment while in school, assistance with personal problems, and performing academically well.

Correlation analysis revealed significant correlations between the diploma graduates and the perceived need for late afternoon or night classes, input into learning goals, performing academically well, financial aid for part-time students, and someone to help identify the courses to be studied. Associate degree graduates had a significant correlation with the perceived need for assistance in improving study skills, credit for nursing experience, full-time employment while in school, financial aid for full-time students, and immediate application of information in the clinical area.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-05, Section: A, page: 1299.

Thesis (ED.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI, 1983.

School code: 0211.