RETENTION OF NURSING PERSONNEL PREPARED IN OFF-SITE AND ON-SITE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.
Contributors: University of Florida.
Published: 1983
Number of pages: 133
Subjects: Education, Higher.
Description: The purpose of this study was to determine if the operation of an on-site postsecondary educational program had any influence on the hiring and retention of nursing personnel compared to a similar size hospital lacking an on-site program. Four null hypotheses were proposed, postulating no significant difference would be found between the groups on demographic features, identification of predictor variables, or length of service. The study compared the two groups on the demographic variables of gender, age, marital status, length of service, job, church membership, commuting distance, number of dependents, wages, and educational level. Organizational variables compared included the distance between the secondary and postsecondary training institution, the distance between the postsecondary institution and location of the first job, length of service, and reason for termination.

The samples studied were randomly selected from the population of registered nurses who terminated their employment between July 1, 1972, and June 30, 1982, with the hospitals contributing the samples. The hospitals, owned and operated by the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, each contributed half of the 400 cases studied. Kettering Medical Center, in Kettering, Ohio, operates a postsecondary training program for nursing and the allied health fields. Florida Hospital is contemplating the establishment of a similar program but was without such a program during the period studied.

Conclusions. Three of the four hypotheses tested were accepted. In general there were no differences between the demographic and organizational variables, leading to acceptance of the first hypothesis. Stepwise regression techniques failed to identify variables with predictive value in assessing the probable length of service for prospective employees. This failure led to an acceptance of the second hypothesis. Comparison of the length of service between the two groups showed no difference in the length of service, leading to an acceptance of the third hypothesis.

The fourth hypothesis postulated no differences between nurses belonging to the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and those who did not. Significant differences were discovered in the number of males, mobility, educational degree, length of service, and position held at termination.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-04, Section: A, page: 1055.

Thesis (ED.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, 1983.

School code: 0070.