SCHOOL PERSONNEL'S PERCEPTIONS OF THE SCHOOL NURSE PRACTITIONER'S ROLE.
Contributors: University of Pittsburgh.
Published: 1989
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Education, Health.
Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptual differences and congruities existing among the school nurse practitioners' perceptions, the school principals' perceptions and teachers' perceptions regarding the role of the school nurse practitioner.

A two-part questionnaire was developed and distributed to all school nurse practitioners, principals and a random sample of teachers in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. Part I elicted demographic information. Part II consisted of a Likert type scale format of 45 items relating to activities of the school nurse practitioner's role. There were thirty-four school nurse practitioners, thirty-six principals and seventy-four teachers in the final sample.

Analyses of the results based on group responses indicated significant group differences. Post hoc comparisons revealed that the school nurse practitioners differed significantly from the principals and teachers but the principals and teachers did not differ significantly from each other. Item-by-item chi-square analysis indicated that there were 22 out of 45 items for which there were significant differences among the three groups.

The results demonstrated that all three groups generally perceive the school nurse practitioner's role important, though the degree of endorsement varied with certain activities in the role. The school nurse practitioners indicated a higher degree of importance for the activities of health appraisal and health education associated with the expanded role. The teachers and principals perceived the school nurse practitioner's role in a more restrictive context and gave more importance to the traditional nursing activities, such as first aid.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-02, Section: B, page: 0660.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, 1989.

School code: 0178.