PERCEPTIONS OF THE CONTINUING NURSING EDUCATION COORDINATOR'S ROLE IN HOSPITALS APPROVED AS PROVIDERS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR NURSES IN FLORIDA.
Contributors: Florida State University.
Published: 1987
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Education, Adult and Continuing.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: The purpose of this study was to provide information which would assist in the clarification of the role of the continuing nursing education coordinator in approved continuing education provider hospitals in Florida. Role theory provided the general frame of reference from which the conceptual framework was developed. The population of interest consisted of continuing nursing education coordinators and their hospital administrators and directors of nursing who were considered principle role definers. Since size of the hospital was considered to have a possible effect on responses, a random sample was taken from small, medium, large, and extra large hospitals. Size was determined by the number of patient beds.

The roles used were those identified in McLagan's study for the American Society for Training and Development. Data were collected using a questionnaire which was divided into two major sections providing descriptive information and data relevant to role expectations and perceptions of performance as reported by hospital administrators, directors of nursing, and continuing nursing education coordinators. An additional section was added for the collection of general information.

The objectives of the study were operationalized through four research questions. To answer the first two questions, a Likert-type scale was used from which a ranking of importance of role expectations, and perceptions of frequency of performance of the 15 roles was established. The remaining two questions, relevant to the degree of agreement on role expectations and perceptions of performance, were answered using Kendall's coefficient of concordance.

The findings indicated that there was significant, and very high, agreement that all of the roles were ones which continuing nursing education coordinators should perform. The roles identified as very important were program designer, manager, needs analyst, strategist and program administrator. Media specialist was least important. In contrast, only program administrator was perceived as a role frequently performed. The remaining roles were perceived as either occasionally or seldom performed.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-02, Section: A, page: 0286.

Thesis (PH.D.)--THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1987.

School code: 0071.