COMPARISON OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF NURSING FACULTY AND NURSING SERVICE PERSONNEL ON PSYCHOMOTOR COMPETENCIES FOR GRADUATE BACCALAUREATE NURSES.
Contributors: Boston University.
Published: 1989
Number of pages: 163
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: This study compared the perceptions of nursing faculty and nursing service personnel on the psychomotor competencies needed by graduate baccalaureate nurses upon completion of their nursing education. A comparative survey was the research design used for this study. The instrument consisted of the Psychomotor Nursing Skills Inventory, categories of nursing procedures, and demographic information. The categories of nursing procedures included Fundamental Nursing Procedures, General Therapeutic and Diagnostic Measures, and Specialized Therapeutic and Diagnostic Measures. Present position, years in nursing, basic preparation, and highest degree obtained were the demographic data collected on the subjects.

Nursing faculty from generic baccalaureate programs in the state of Massachusetts participated in this study. The nursing service personnel were employed by hospitals affiliated with medical schools in an urban area of the same state.

Nursing faculty viewed the skills on the Psychomotor Nursing Skills Inventory more frequently at the level of total competence than nursing service personnel. Nursing faculty rated the psychomotor skills in the categories of nursing procedures at a higher level of competence than nursing service personnel. The classifications in the demographic information with the highest expectations consisted of present position (junior nursing faculty-instructors and assistant professors), years in nursing (11-15+), basic preparation (BSN), and highest degree obtained (MSN). The classifications with the lowest expectations included the present position (head nurses), years in nursing (11-15+), basic preparation (BSN), and highest degree obtained (BSN).

Factor analysis was conducted on the responses of nursing faculty and nursing service personnel as a combined group and separately. Three factors were identified with this approach. The findings of this procedure indicated that the subjects did not have the same perceptions of the complexity of the psychomotor skills.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 50-05, Section: B, page: 1856.

Thesis (ED.D.)--BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 1989.

School code: 0017.