DESCRIPTION AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PROCESSES RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NURSING EDUCATION CONSORTIUM (ARTICULATION, INTERINSTITUTIONAL, COOPERATION).
Contributors: Michigan State University.
Published: 1984
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: The purpose of the study was to describe and analyze the processes of developing a nursing education consortium. The membership of the consortium was limited to educators in the designated associate degree nursing programs and the head of an upper division baccalaureate nursing program in West Central Michigan. The goal of this consortium was to develop a mechanism among these institutions for program articulation which could provide a four year baccalaureate degree and increased career mobility for the registered nurse with an associate degree.

A review of the literature related to consortia in higher education and nursing education resulted in identification of principles for the development of consortia in higher education and nursing education. This review further indicated that there are many consortia in higher education, but few consortia in nursing education. This study used the descriptive case study approach to describe and analyze the processes of developing this consortium in light of these principles found in the professional literature. These data collection procedures included review of records, survey, and interviews with the participants. The data were then analyzed to delineate the development processes and procedures actually used, and how these relate to the principles for developing consortia in higher education and nursing education and what curricular interfacings need to be further studied between associate degree and baccalaureate level nursing programs. The results of the study indicate the curricular areas which need to be studied for program articulation between associate degree and baccalaureate programs and illustrate the relationship between the principles of higher education and the principles of nursing education in the development of consortia.

The conclusion of the study offers guidelines for the future development of other nursing education consortia. While these guidelines may be generally useful to a variety of groups who may wish to develop consortia, they are specific to developing a nursing education consortium.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-08, Section: B, page: 2498.

Thesis (PH.D.)--MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, 1984.

School code: 0128.