THE NATURE AND STATUS OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSING ACCREDITED BACCALAUREATE AND MASTER'S DEGREE SCHOOLS OF NURSING (NURSING SCHOOLS, FUND-RAISING).
Contributors: Florida State University.
Published: 1992
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Education, Finance.; Health Sciences, Nursing.; Education, Higher.
Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the nature and status of resource development programs in baccalaureate and master's degree schools of nursing which are accredited by the National League for Nursing for 1988-1989. A secondary purpose was to identify and compare certain characteristics of these programs.

A specifically designed questionnaire was developed for this exploratory and descriptive study. The total population of 552 were mailed the instrument. A total of 47.6 percent responses were used for reporting the data. These responses included telephone interviews with 10 percent of the non-respondents.

The data collected were coded and analyzed by using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. Descriptive statistics, chi-square analysis, and an analysis of variance were computed. The statistics indicated that the majority of respondents reported that their institutions have a resource development office for resource development. Less than 25 percent of the respondents reported a specific assigned individual for fund raising for the schools of nursing for any activity. Few (13.3 percent) of the schools of nursing reported a separate resource officer for fundraising activities. Chi-square analysis revealed a statistically significant relationship for schools of nursing with a separate resource officer as well as a specific assigned resource officer from the institution's development office for the majority of fund-raising activities. An analysis of variance revealed statistically significant differences in scholarship funds, endowed chairs, contingency funds, and monies raised in 1985 and 1989 if schools of nursing have a separate resource development officer.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-03, Section: A, page: 0716.

Thesis (ED.D.)--THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1992.

School code: 0071.