NURSES' PERCEPTIONS OF NURSES IN MANAGEMENT POSITIONS OUTSIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NURSING IN ONE ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL (HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT).
Contributors: Pepperdine University.
Published: 1990
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Health Sciences, Health Care Management.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: Statement of the problem. Despite the history of the role of the nurse in hospitals and the nurse as a manager within the department of nursing, a candidate other than a nurse is often considered and selected for management positions outside nursing. Why have nurses not moved readily into management positions in hospitals other than in the department of nursing in acute care hospitals?.

Procedure. Through years of discussions with both nurse and non-nurse health care professionals, and through a review of the literature, the investigator identified three areas of concern specific to nurses in managerial positions: nursing education, nurse management skills, and hospital attitude and hospital practice. Five research questions were identified from the areas of concern and a survey instrument was designed to research these questions. The instrument was submitted to a panel of experts for validity and a pilot study was completed for content clarity and readability.

The survey instrument was administered to 300 nurses to determine if they perceived nurses as potentially eligible managers in a hospital setting outside the department of nursing, and further to determine their perceptions of why nurses are not moving readily into top management positions in hospital systems.

Seventy-nine percent (79%) of the survey instruments were completed. Summary statistics were calculated on all demographic and survey items. SPSSx was used for all variables to run descriptive statistics. A principal components factor analysis was performed on the individual items.

Findings. The movement of nurses up the managerial ladder outside the department of nursing is perceived by the nurse participants as impacted by the education of the nurse, the perceptions hospital decision-makers have of the management skill level of the nurse, and the attitude and practice of hospitals relative to the consideration and placement of nurses and of women in managerial positions.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-09, Section: B, page: 4261.

Thesis (ED.D.)--PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY, 1990.

School code: 6009.