KNOWLEDGEABLE AND COMPETENT ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL NURSE EXECUTIVE OF THE FUTURE: PERCEPTIONS OF PRACTICING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND NURSE EXECUTIVES.
Contributors: Kansas State University.
Published: 1990
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Education, Adult and Continuing.
Description: Health care delivery in the United States and subsequent social and demographic changes have influenced the mission and operations of the acute care hospital. Therefore, the need for a competent and knowledgeable acute care hospital nurse executive who can function effectively in a competitive, resource-driven environment is essential.

This descriptive research study compared the perceptions of practicing chief executive officers and nurse executives with regard to the knowledge and competencies required at the technical, human and conceptual skill levels that will be required by the acute care hospital nurse executive in the next decade.

Data were collected from 500 chief executive officers and nurse executives using a research instrument developed by the researcher. Content validity and reliability were confirmed. Data were analyzed by computing mean scores and standard deviations for knowledge and competency in each skill level. Multiple analyses of variance (MANOVA) were used to determine the existence of significant differences among the two groups. The.05 level of significance was used to evaluate F ratios followed by appropriate post hoc analyses.

As determined by this study, both knowledge and competency in the technical skill level were perceived as important by both groups. However, knowledge was perceived as more important than competency with the most significant difference occurring in the technical skill sub-levels entitled "alternative health care delivery system" and "program planning and development." Additionally, chief executive officers rated knowledge and competency more important in the technical skill sub-level "nursing care delivery systems" than nurse executives.

Chief executive officers and nurse executives agreed as to the importance of knowledge and competency within the human skill level. Both respondent groups acknowledged knowledge and competency at the conceptual skill level as the most important of the three skill levels.

Recommendations from the outcomes of this study include the following: (1) dissemination of the results to the Council on Graduate Education in Administration of Nursing (C.G.E.A.N.), (2) interdisciplinary curriculum planning by faculties in nursing administration, and (3) further research that includes chief financial officers and hospital board members. In addition, studies that examine the relationship between selected hospital characteristics and knowledge and competency requirements at various organizational and skill levels are needed.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-08, Section: B, page: 3781.

Thesis (PH.D.)--KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, 1990.

School code: 0100.