AN ANALYSIS OF NURSES' PERCEPTIONS OF A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING PRACTICE.
Contributors: University of Missouri--Kansas City.
Published: 1987
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: The focus of this study was community health nursing. This investigation examined community health nurses' perceptions of the usage and importance of community health nursing concepts. Specific demographic variables which might influence these perceptions were also analyzed.

One hundred and five community health nurses in the Kansas City metropolitan area completed a questionnaire comprised of demographic variables and a Community Health Questionnaire focusing on the usage and importance of twelve community health concepts identified by the American Nurses Association. Twelve research questions regarding the practicing community health nurses' perceptions of the usage and importance of the community health nursing concepts and the demographic variables were posed. The data were grouped according to the twelve research questions and analyzed using analysis of variance and the performance of the Scheffe test.

Statistically significant differences were found in the perceptions of the community health nurses on four dimensions of the research questions: (1) type of community health facility in which the nurses were working, (2) area of community health in which the nurses were practicing, (3) variations in the years of community health experience, and (4) variations in the numbers of continuing education programs attended. In each of the above cases, statistically significant differences were found in both the perceptions of usage and perceived importance of the concepts. Gender and type of nursing education, as distinguishing characteristics, did not significantly affect the perceptions of the nurses regarding the community health nursing concepts.

Current trends indicate that the American population is becoming older, more chronically ill, and more dependent upon technological advances. The results of this investigation indicated the necessity of a variety of additional studies addressing the complex questions regarding the community health care needs of this population.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-04, Section: B, page: 1091.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - KANSAS CITY, 1987.

School code: 0134.