EDUCATORS' ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF NORTH AMERICAN NURSING DIAGNOSIS ASSOCIATION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM IN BACCALAUREATE NURSING EDUCATION.
Contributors: University of Georgia.
Published: 1988
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Education, Administration.
Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate factors influencing acceptance and use of the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) classification system in nursing. Factors investigated were: area of specialization, type of original degree, years of teaching experience, years and type of clinical experience, theoretical foundations of nursing programs, and acceptance of NANDA by deans. Curricular and instructional use was determined by measuring data about the educator's use of a diagnostic system in classroom or clinical teaching activities. Acceptance was determined by measuring the educator's agreement with NANDA as a useful schema for identifying and organizing nursing diagnoses.

Data were collected, utilizing the descriptive survey method, from questionnaires sent to 73 baccalaureate nursing programs in a 14 state southern area included in the sample. A total of 325 completed questionnaires, a response rate of 85%, was used in analyzing data representative of the following specialty areas in nursing: obstetrics, pediatrics, mental health, medical-surgical, and community health.

The findings indicate there was widespread acceptance of NANDA among all educators. Results indicate that a variety of teaching methods were used in teaching nursing diagnosis, although the predominant method was the lecture method. Reasons given by respondents for using NANDA included the need for standardization, consistency, and it represented the most widely used system. Negative responses to the use of NANDA included a lack of wellness orientation, stifling of creative thinking and a lack of individualism. Other diagnostic systems frequently identified were DSM-III, IDC, and student generated. The most frequent curricular use was in the organization of a unit of content.

Of the factors investigated that influence acceptance and use of NANDA, statistical significance was found in the area of specialization at p $<$.05. A post-hoc test identified there was a significant difference among community health and mental health educators in their acceptance of NANDA. Pediatric educators had the highest mean of acceptance, although all educators indicated a positive acceptance of NANDA. Statistical significance was not found in analyzing data of other factors investigated in this study.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-09, Section: B, page: 3678.

Thesis (ED.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, 1988.

School code: 0077.