PROFESSIONAL AND BUREAUCRATIC ROLE CONCEPTIONS AND ROLE DISCREPANCY EXPERIENCES AMONG BACCALAUREATE NURSING STUDENTS EMPLOYED AS NURSING AIDES.
Contributors: Columbia University. Teachers College.
Published: 1987
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: This investigation explored professional and bureaucratic role conceptions and role discrepancy experiences among baccalaureate nursing students employed as nursing aides during their student years. It was hypothesized that a greater amount of experience working as a nursing aide would be associated with a lower professional role conception and a higher bureaucratic role conception. It was also hypothesized that a greater amount of such experience would be associated with a higher role discrepancy score.

A total of 117 Senior, baccalaureate nursing students from three schools participated in the study. Subjects were divided into four levels according to the amount of nursing aide experience they had had. An instrument designed by the investigator was utilized to measure professional and bureaucratic role conceptions and role discrepancy.

Analysis of variance and Pearson correlations were utilized to test the hypotheses. None of the hypotheses were supported. Possible reasons for the lack of support include changes in the nurses' work environment which may make it more supportive of the professional role and the influence of the educational program on the students' role conceptions.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-07, Section: B, page: 1941.

Thesis (ED.D.)--COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TEACHERS COLLEGE, 1987.

School code: 0055.